The past two days.

Megaband practice yesterday. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Were maybe 20, 25 people all playing reels and jigs and stuff -- mostly in A and D -- but VERY FAST. The trick is knowing when the chords change and playing one in four beats *right* and then filling in with the right hand. Some of it's fierce. Gets more complex and faster as the night wears on. Was at Blue Dragon and the coffee was delicious for a change; I saw something better in the place than I had ever seen before. The contradance is Saturday. I'm going. Nothing will keep me from it. Nothing.

The not smoking thing is mostly working. Mostly. I'm keeping my cigarettes at work. I haven't quit but don't smoke in the house or car. Only at work. Go figure that one out. It plain disgusts me. Goes along quite well with fighting with insurance companies that lie. Eating a LOT of avocados and sprouts and garlic in Cuhautemoc tortillas. Not going vegetarian or anything like that but definitely eating better than quesadillas every night. The avocado things are easy to make and delicious and I can eat 'em all day if I want to. I have two plums left from Saturday. Eating lots and lots of prickly pears, too. Throwing the peels out in the dirt, hoping they grow. We'll see.

Wrote to Leo again, sent him a clipping from the Voice that Don gave me; I think it's safe, and if it isn't, he can eat the clipping (will taste better than the jail food, I'm sure). A freind of his says he thinks he may get out Friday with what amounts to a warning for breaking probation by getting arrested for doing his job. I am going offline now to make a phone call.