Running Out

Exploration of the ocean floor has begun, but the surface remains undisturbed.
-Ian McEwan
“Enduring Love”

Twenty-five years ago today:

July 11, 1986
Friday


Margaret Lai is taking her vacation next week.


Today I didn’t bother to go to the gym. I did not even go for a bike ride. I took a nap.


I accompanied mom and Grandma (mom’s mom) to LUNG KONG for a Chinese Food dinner. That was fun. It was filling though. I watched a movie with them, too. Actress Deborah Raffin starred as a woman who abandoned her husband and baby. Then she returned twelve years later. The movie was called “RUNNING OUT”. I thought it was quite good.

PHOTO: Actress Deborah Raffin

My boss, Stephanie, put me to the side today.
She specifically asked, “Michael, would you like to do the ASR Assessment?”
I finally said, “Not at this time, but perhaps later.”
I don’t want to go in to this ASR Training. I think I especially don’t want to do it now that I know Tony is going to be one of the new trainees as well. I don’t want to be in a competitive situation such as that with my own brother. That’s one other good reason why I want out of Pac Bell. I want to branch out to the other subsidiary: Pac Bell Directory.

When in doubt, drift off into a pleasing memory.
-Mavis Cheek
“Mrs. Fytton’s Country Life”