Monday, March 5, 1984

I think that President Reagon's 'prayer in school' issue is designed to obscure the real issues of our day. I think he had promoted this diversion to make our minds wander from the very serious issues that people like myself and my child face.

I have to try to start a new left now. I also have to clean house, because it's a total disaster here. I've packed what remains of Love's stuff, and am making an attempt to pack Mom's stuff, but I need more boxes. I also need a roommate, but I must get the ceiling and roof fixed so it doesn't leak, get the refrigerator/freezer fixed, so it doesn't shock me when I touch it with wet hands, get the fence fixed, since I slid into it while my car was on ice, and clean house before I can advertise. I'm also going to have to get 'out and about' to let people know I'm looking for a roommate and a job, and that costs money. Somehow I feel swamped by all this responsibility, although I've had more responsibility many times in my life, but I have never feared for a job before the last several years. Actually in 1978 this area started to go bust after a plant closure. I once talked to a man who had been laid-off, had run out of unemployment, and was living in his car in this city in 1979.