A Conversation with Elizabeth
1998
Work Day

From:          Elizabeth  
To:            LMixson@PEC.com
Sent:          Tuesday, December 22, 1998 10:17 AM
Subject:       Work Day
 
I hope no one from the hospital ever accesses this e-mail, but it has been slow.  I have been taking book bags and loading them up with magazines, junk mail, and loose papers that have accumulated at home and then bringing it all to work to sort through, read, etc.  I loaded up quite a trash can the other day.  I read Dec. Wired just the other day, finally, but it was a pretty poor issue.  It seemed like the magazine was almost all ads as well.  Newstand price is about five dollars, so it was sort of a waste.  My raise, I figured, was "only" 6%.  I can imagine what you lose on a $500 bonus.  I wouldn't turn it down, but it does sound a little paltry.  My brother gets incredible year end bonuses (I think his job title is something like mortgage analyst.) I think sometimes his have been close to 10,000. (He does not do badly for someone with ABSOLUTELY no college.) My car shuttle lottery winnings have been 200.00 each time, but out of that I only see about 160.00--marginally worth it except it pays for law books.  I had not heard about the book you are reading. New hardbacks are such a luxury right now.  I went through a phase when I didn't mind the cost, but now I have to be more judicious. I used to read more historical books/fiction, but not too much of late, although Poisonwood Bible is rather historical.  I am really enjoying it, so much that it will be letdown when I finish it and have to find something else.  Sometimes after a "good" book I have difficulty finding another one to engage me.  Finally something will click though.  We have an Outback here.  Someone told me the cheesecake was good and humongous.  I can't believe you are 46.  Of course, I can't believe I am 50 (except for my knees which feel 80). Incidentally, my knee is depressing me somewhat, again.  For months I had no problem, then whatever.  I had almost reached the point where I could run a little--not that I would want to run, but without being able to run I can't even do things like shoot basketballs without a problem (which I have found I really like to do as it is mindless--some mindless things go well with law school).  I had one last video to watch last night and wasn't even going to do so because the others I finally watched were marginal (Gingerbread Man--don't rent it).  My last video was Kundun about the Dalai Lama and it turned out to be the best one.  It was historical to some degree, about the Chinese taking over Tibet, and slaughtering the Tibetan monks, and the Dalai Lama's exile.  I had watched--gotta go.

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