Awake, hot shower, dress in my meeting clothes, drive to the Kingdom Hall, park and then walk inside just a few minutes before the meeting begins. I receive several greeting as I walk into the front of the hall to find a seat. Almost immediately after finding a seat, the chairman calls for the meeting to begin. We sing a song, a prayer is said and then a local brother, Larry is called up to give the public talk. Larry, first gives up his outline of how he will help us to see what a ransom is, who paidv the ransom, who was it paid to and finally, how we benefit from the ransom. Afterwards, the congregation goes through the Watchtower study which considers how a husband can show honor to his wife. I believe the important principles that I gleaned from this study are: 1. If a husband does not treat his wife well, his relationship with God will be affected; and 2. A husband should always treat his wife in a kind and dignified way and never harsh and/or demeaning. After the meeting, I say my good-byes, walk out to the jammer, start the engine and drive back to the room.

One I park in my room space, I pack my computer bag inside, change from my meeting clothes into my summer blues and then set up my computer so that I can resume pounding keys. Then, at three this afternoon, I walk out of the room, open up the jammer and begin organizing my food stores. Shortly after that, the tenant in room 20 pushes his board, laden with foods and appliances down to the area in front of room 8 and 9. I ask him what he is doing, and he tells me that he is moving out and wants to give everything away to anyone who wants the items. I look it over and pick out a small single burner electric stove and a two quart cookpot with glass cover. After returning to my room to deposit the items on the table, I walk back out to the table to look for anything else that I might want and find a half full bottle of olive oil and a bag of pure cacao from Peru. I talk with the young man, whose name is Anthony who tells me he is from Norfolk, Virginia. I reply that I have been there, when I visited my sister and her husband who was stationed in Virginia Beach Naval Station Norfolk. He then tells me that he has some herbal teas and asks if I would like to have them he will bring them out. I tell him, yes and he gives me several packages of loose leave teas along with a tea ball. I thank him and then return to my room.

Then, I return to my key pounding and continue until after dark again. Finally, I get into the horizontal. Now, I have three nights and a wake up before I start my brief Journey On.