05 December 2007 – Wednesday 

We are going to take a real P-day and not do anything outside of the complex. At least that is our plan. We need to get our air-conditioners looked at, the new cleaning lady is coming, and we are way behind in reading from the Kitab Mormon. 

I woke at 4:15 and could not go back to sleep so I spent an hour working on language by reading from MIK. Some parts I can read well and some have strings of words I either do not know or can not remember. But I am no longer discouraged as much as motivated.  

I was just thinking about posting an abridgement of this journal a couple of times a week instead of the whole thing each day. There is little use of people reading the same thing day after day. It will also allow me to write things I would not want to publish on the web for anyone or everyone to see.  

I had a good workout at the gym and am happy to say that the weight is starting to come off. Today I reached 171 pounds – about 6 to 11 pounds from where I want to be. I would really like to get down to 155 but I do not think I can do that – but who knows. Even with the help of SlimFast. I need to write them a letter telling them how their product is the only way I can constantly lose weight and keep it off. 

After breakfast we start cleaning the apartment – at least straightening up things so that it can be deep cleaned. I do the laundry while Mary does the dishes We split up the tasks so it went quickly. We made some calls so that later today people will come to service the air-conditioners and hopefully to fix the drapes. After that we read from the Kitab Mormon – we are at the point where Alma the Younger and the Sons of Mosiah are trying to repair some of the damaged they did to the church. 

The maintenance men came by and fixed our drapes but the internet man has yet to come. Hopefully the cleaning lady will make it here – the apartment really needs it. After lunch we read another chapter from the Kitab Mormon. We decided that we would read often and not so long. That way we keep fresh and interested – it is not just a task but an enjoyment. 

The cleaning woman did not come – which is strange since I called her husband to make sure she was coming. We got the drapes fixed, the overhead light replaced, the air-conditioners cleaned and repaired, and the computer man speeded up our internet but I still can not consistently post to the blog. We read about 12 pages from the Kitab Mormon, I studied from PMG a number of times, Mary did a lot of work on English class stuff, and we had dinner sent up from the restaurant.  

We got some good news from Daisy. After waiting for a couple of weeks wondering about employment, she has two interviews in the next four days. One with Johnson Tobing and one with brother Nugroho. Hopefully she will get a job she will enjoy until she can go to school and get her private accounting certificate – CPA level.