A Conversation with Elizabeth
1998
More of This is What I Did or Am Doing

From:          Elizabeth  
To:            LMixson@PEC.com
Sent:          Thursday, July 9, 1998 11:37 AM
Subject:       More of This is What I Did or Am Doing
 
I know.  I feel the same about the content of what I'm writing.  At first I think we both had time to explore more our views, feelings, and thoughts, but now that we are both usually busy, we both are sending shorter, "this is what I did" or "this is what I'm doing" notes.  I think though that helps keep each of us "up" on what we are doing or not doing in our lives--so that if we do have time to explore our thoughts in depth at a later time, there is a context for that, having shared the day in and day out. 
 
See--Often I get concerned that life becomes just "day in and day out" even though I fill it with, or try to with things I enjoy.  You seem to be able to take more "away" breaks, such as your upcoming trip to Pennsylvania.  You may have more freedom though, as mine is lost to school, and you may also have more disposable income as well, as mine is currently lost to school as well. When I wasn't in school I was going on retreats and things like that a little more regularly.
 
At any rate, while being busy, I've been trying to identify some trip or activity I could go do when my largest break of the entire year will arrive--that's from August 18 (Tues.)( my last final is the 17th) until about August 31st (Mon.) when classes start again (I'm not certain if I will have a Monday class though). I was hoping to find a Sierra Club trip or short excursion, but none of the dates quite match--the final I have on the 17th a Monday screwed up all the possible end of the summer trips Sierra has, as most of them start the weekend before.  I'm been debating several excursions--even Washington, but have also given thought to Chicago or even Toronto.  The trouble is, except for Washington, I've been to those places--but I loved them and could stand going back.  I've also thought of the Grand Canyon, but I would have to make up my mind rapidly to stand any chance of getting a room.  Oh Well.  I just don't want to fritter it away by staying here, although I may end up doing "day trips" of some sort. (The Versailles Exhibit is in Jackson, Miss. for example.  There's a neat park in North Alabama which I haven't seen yet for another example.)  I also thought I might go to the closest part of the Appalachian Trail and just do a little piece of it, just day hiking. One of the students in law school ran up there a week or two back on his motorcycle and said he didn't take anything but his boots--for the freedom of it all.
 
Sleepy today, but it was worth it.  PBS did a special on Sam Shephard and followed up with one of his plays, which unfortunately lasted until midnight.  It was incredible though.  I was lucky and got out of class at 5 til 9 and literally ran down stairs to leave so I could get home in time to watch it which I did. Also, the night before there was a rather bizarre Dutch film called The Vanishing which I caught on Bravo. 
 
Hope you get the system figured out.  I'm glad it's you and not I that has to do it.  My minor computer problems around here are enough.  When I came back from the 4th someone had screwed up both my printer and the one in the outer library area and I had to spend part of the morning getting them back to the status quo.  Elizabeth
 
Otherwise--I'm already in final prep mode and a big weight is I have a paper to write, thankfully brief, 7 pages, but still I have to do it.

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