8/04/99

Well, I am progressing on my endeavor to get moved. I am "front loading" the required work so that when things get really stressful [as they did last move] I might be better prepared for it.

I have corresponded with many people since my "awakening"... But one that I have not talked about would be "She-who-I-just-added-a-link-to..." Jana Stanfield...

I believe that anyone who is recovering in any way... Should consider listening to this gals music... I did before my accident, and I have after... Finally I have "given up" on my idea of keeping my floor in my RV cleaned, and instead of carving outside, have chosen to carve wood...inside...that is to allow me to listen to her words and music as I work on wood...

"Time" is not something that TBIers tend to have a good handle on, and I am no different. I have noticed however, that the passage of time, oft-times is more... pleasant... with songs of hope such as Jana's, playing in my ears...

There is hope in this young ladies music, interwoven with challenges to be sure, but a clear voice of hope, of acceptance of one's lot, and good reasons to continue with the challenges that we all face.

Those who have read my page, know of my challenges-but I have been derelict in not describing one of my chief "supporters..." No, I cannot say that I have become aquainted with Jana, but I can say that, her music has been a great assist in my recovery...

Hope is a very important thing to keep hold of, one cannot always be as lucky as I, in taking a risk one night and accompanying my cousin to a concert given by a woman I'd never heard of. But Jana's music has been a companion pre-and post-bonk.

I will be living across the Sound, and that is a bit scary to me... <shrug> so has this great risk of moving out here for that matter... There are some advantages, and one of them is something I have not been writing about-kayaking.

I still have mine, and I took "real world" lessons across the Sound in Gig Harbor. Yesterday I stopped in at the shop over there, and purchased a copy of a currents chart that I have lost somehow...

My goal is to practice self rescues in a fresh water lake near by, and then-put in at Gig Harbor before Oct. 31st...

True, I must get things moved from my shed to Bremerton, and also true, I must work at taking down my existing 8x10 shed... but-Gig Harbor is close by. I will go over the charts until I somehow re-learn what I have forgotten... I am working on that a little right now...

I have no expectation to go beyond Gig Harbor's small harbor-the Sound can be a dangerous place indeed... But, I want to re-construct my life as well as I can before I once again, take a stab at volunteering at Harborview Computer dept.

Take good care,

Tom...