Monday, April 16, 1984

The telephone woke me up this morning. It was work telling me the computers weren't working. I was to call before I came to work, just in case they still weren't working. Several hours later I received another call saying that the computers definitely wouldn't be working before tomorrow, and I wouldn't be needed today. So, I took the dogs and me for a lunch of plain hot dogs and coney dogs at the 'Dog'nSuds' restaurant. I had the coney dogs and each of my dogs had a plain hot dog. Then I took a nice leisurely drive to our local nursery and bought a rhubarb plant, plus all types of vegetable seeds to plant as soon as possible. I went home with the intention of cleaning house, then taking the dogs to get an ice cream cone at the local 'Dairy Queen'. The phone was ringing when I walked in the door. It was work, again. The computers were fixed and could I please come in. I had just enough time to get to work. I didn't even have time to comb my hair. My junk food day turned into a work day after all. Pooh! I do like the job though.

The employees at work don't like the woman who hired them, because she intimidates them. I found her charming and personable. She seemed interested in placing the applicants in a setting that agreed with their personality.

Tracy's a Mormon. Cecil wants to go to church on Easter. I told him to go with Tracy, but he said he wanted to go to a Christian church. The Mormon religion is a long way from the Iranian Koran religion, but I think that's the way he pictures it.

Cecil always seems depressed to me, and to Tracy too. He loves horses and is a barber by trade, although with his shaking problem, I wouldn't want him cutting my hair. (I like having ears and a nose.) He seems sensitive, but extremely reclusive. He has four children, eighteen to twenty-five years old and seems very proud of them all. He also has one grandchild that he seems very proud of too. His Mom lives in a nearby town and is raising one of his brother's children. She has been denied food stamps for the boy during the summer months when he's out of college, because the boy got a scholarship and the government considers the scholarship income, even though it's only enough to cover school expenses.