Rick's Daily Journal

+7 pm....210....got real sick saturday night and was up all night throwing up.....started about 2:30 am and I puked till 6 am....all the acids must of hurt my vocal chords as I can not speak now....Tacey was sick all weekend but went to work this evening....demand tank out of fuel....got enough to top off my truck but that is it......the weight of spring is getting heavy .....have not had a coffee for three days now....light snow and chilly at night going down to -20.....voices

-25 am....213 ugh...Tacey is sick again this week......missed work on wednesday and have not seen her since then......sliding downhill........I hate spring in the beginning right around the vernal equinox.....sometimes I can shrug it off and get on with life and sometimes I feel so doomed.....price of copper is way up so maybe I can make a run to Seattle this summer......money is tight after missing a months worth of checks......alone

+15 am...213 ugh....Here I go again not writing for an extended period of time again....dsl went out yesterday for about 20 hours , went out right after business hours....they thought it was the modem, so I got a new modem the next day and that was not the problem....called them back and they sent out a guy in two hours to repair it at the house, amazing that they responded so quickly....Robin got a job at Seekins but will probably lose it once they get the drug test results back....heading down to see Rebel tomorrow.....weather has been great with highs during the day reaching into the thirtys...took the criminals to the outhouse races on saturday and sunday out at Chatanika....still not sleeping good at all....haven't been paid in a month except for disabilty and rents, feeling the pinch.....freezer is full and cupboard is stocked well so I will not starve....bills will just have to wait a little longer......applied at Home Depot for part time work....patchy

+24 am.....Friday was clam chowder day with Roger....we did the Diner.....one criminal over saturday night.....never saw Tacey from wednesday till saturday....days are getting longer over ten hours now.....lack of snow in Wasilla again is moving the Iditarod north to Willow for the start....is this global warming?....we have not had a good snow year since he 80s.....only about 5 feet this year about half of normal for this time of year....down south is much worse.....living in Anchorage is getting to be like living in Seattle....Tacey took down the Christmas tree sunday so it must be near spring.....all the dogs got in bed with me this morning to awaken me....guess they figured since I had been asleep almost two hours they wanted to make sure I was alive.....feels so good to make amends