I vacuumed and washed the cab of my truck and it looks much, much better. There was a lot of ungodly stuff in there, and it is now ready for my trip. I have given a bit of thought to just catching a cruise to Europe right now. The main drawback would be the heat and it doesn’t make much sense to travel across the Atlantic and then fry.
I am so used to meeting someone out west—my ex-partner used to fly out for a week or two—that I am increasingly uneasy about the changed situation. I could probably call up a couple of women who would be willing to meet me but then that involves other concerns that I don’t want to deal with. I do have friends in Portland, Oakland, Fremont and San Diego and I will be there three weeks after I start so I mustn’t panic. I almost went to a Sufi dance with Jeff and Rachel but opted to play golf as I had planned. With my bad knee I am not sure how much Sufi dancing I could do.