A Conversation with Elizabeth
1998
Re: Conversational lag

From:          larry.m.mixson@bvs.com (LARRY M. M. MIXSON)
To:            Elizabeth
Date:          Thu, 12 Mar 1998 13:47:13 -0800
Subject:       Re: Conversational lag
 
I was thinking that we might run into a conversational lag after our initial exuberance and catching up. That's will probably work out for me as next week I am supposed to start my new job and might not be able to get email for a few days nor reply every day. I'll keep you posted as to the change in email address.
 
We also have had a big change in the weather as we were in the 60's and even hitting 70 it was in the teens last night and highs yesterday in the low 30's. Many of the flowers, cherry blossoms, etc. were started to come out and may be hurt by the cold. I was talking to Dad last night and he said that he heard that all the peach trees in Georgia were hurt and they may not have any peaches this year.
 
That book "The Wall" sounds interesting, you will have to let me know how it turns out.
 
I am not sure where the line between hobbies and activities lies so I looked up the definition of hobby. The dictionary says a hobby is "a pursuit outside one's regular occupation engaged in esp. for relaxation." Walking, used bookstores, etc. could all be hobbies by this definition. I know what you mean though, many people would say woodworking is a hobby while racquetball is an activity. As for racquetball burning calories, I find it really does. I usually play three nights a week for two hours each night. I play at the A/B level which is the better players in the club. I don't know how many calories I burn but I play at a really intense level. I sometimes I over do it and can hardly walk up the stairs when I get home.
 
The way your father died would really bother me if it was my father. Not really knowing what he died from. I find that I call my parents and talk to my father more now then I did in the past because I feel that he could have a heart attack and die suddenly and I would feel bad if I had not talked with him in months. It is interesting that I gave him my old computer and he now spends hours playing games on it. He often will call me up and ask me how to do something on it. I have really enjoyed the extra contact with him.
 
As I was writing this note I got great news, I just got my bonus check for last year (they always give them out in March for some reason) but that is not the best of it. My boss said that I could get a lay off package if I was interested. I told him last November that I would take a layoff package if they were laying people off. They did lay a bunch of people off by not me, damn it. Since then I been sitting here with nothing to do so why didn't they lay me off? Well, now I start the new job next week and will be getting 3 or 4 months of layoff pay. Couldn't have worked out better. Now I can buy that new electronic piano I wanted.
 
Till tomorrow,
 
Larry

*Read my story about being laid off.
*I had been doing piano lessons the past year using a cheap hundred-dollar Casio keyboard connected to my computer using a MIDI interface and the Musicware Piano Personal Piano Teacher software. While it was ok to start with, I was finding limitations with it as it was only about three octaves while a full size piano had 7¼ octaves and the 2nd course book having lessons that I couldn’t do on the Casio, I had been thinking about getting a full sized piano keyboard. I also found I really liked it and was getting good enough that I could read and play simple tunes.

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