Loooong day today. Update photos of the piece I'm working on and sketches, as well as San Fran photos will be uploaded tonight. I had no time for exercise today. Well, that's not really true. I didn't want to get up at 7 AM so I could exercise. I'm still sore anyway, and I get off work at 4 tomorrow, so I can combine cardio and free weights, which is better in the long run. I have one cigarette left in my pack. Contemplating using it as motivation and leaving it there.

Going bowling again Saturday. Perhaps Monday I'll finally go get the ball I've been promised. Now that I've been throwing better, with my new technique I'm excited to see how I'll fare my third time out. Will it be a case of beginner's luck or am I on to a sure thing?

Apparently Besim can't move his shop to the highway next to Goldberg's. There's a town ordinance against it, which really sucks. We were going to do traffic studies and find out how many people and what socioeconomic class most frequents that location so he could make an informed decision. All those plans are out the window now, but he still has two months to find a new space before his current lease runs out. The last thing he wants to do is stay put, so the search will begin in earnest now. I only made up a few of the hours I missed this week, but I got a full tank of gas, and $40 bucks worth of fuel is nothing to sneeze at in addition to free lunch (there is such a thing) and my regular pay.

I have to really get going on my drawing, because I still owe Dave a wedding present. I feel bad about it, but I've had a lot happen in my life in the last year, so it's understandable that I'd be a little behind. Etiquette dictates that I have a year after the wedding anyway, but I would have liked to have been done with it awhile ago, since I'm worried about my portfolio right now. Speaking of Dave, when we have our concert in a few weeks we also get to spend the day together. We're going to use it to photograph the city. Dave has gotten more and more into photography over the last year and it's nice to have someone to go out shooting with. He's got a surprisingly good eye, for someone whose interests aren't usually creative in nature. I'm consistently amazed by the quality of the work he produces. He's more into bird photography and close up things than I am, but since I'm into landscapes and nature it's easy to find enough for the both of us when we go out together. I'd like to take a trip to Boston soon to see him, but he's been slow with getting me his schedule so we can figure something out. I know he's got a trip planned to the Southwest and that's taking up most of his time, but I haven't seen him in months. We had a great time last I saw him photographing Millennium Park. I'd like to go back in the springtime and shoot it again.