Wednesday, June 6, 1984

I've still seen some wood roaches in the garage, but none in the house.

I stripped and sanded the mirror frame, another dresser drawer and the wooden knobs for the drawers. I handpainted the wood filler to resemble the natural wood grain, and it doesn't look bad. I polyurethaned another coat on the nightstand, dresser top and put the first coat on the drawer, knobs and mirror frame.

The Reagon Administration is still saying that everything is getting better, but Reagon's optimism doesn't apply to me and my neighbors. Some of my neighbors are a lot worse off, especially the ones with no home now, and none are better off. Even if I knew I could live in Reagon's space station for the rest of my life, rent free, with all the food I wanted to eat, I wouldn't feel better off. Somehow there's nothing quite like the satisfaction and pride of owning your own home, even if it's a postage-sized slum or one-room shack.