Back from a wonderful party at Mr. Barry Pearl's home environment. I knew quite a few people, met some nice people I didn't know, and had some excellent foodstuffs. I actually was a very GOOD boy in terms of the main food - I had one little piece of brisket, which couldn't have been more than two ounces, some homemade cole slaw (really good), one fried chicken wing (small), and that was it. I did that because I'd already had a gander at the desserts, and I knew that I was going to make my main meal the desserts rather than the food. So, I had a tiny piece of chocolate bundt cake (may have been flourless - it was very light), with whipped cream, some sort of small bar of something good (chocolate and maybe some sort of fruit), and, best of all, a sliver of a chocolate peanut butter cheese cake, with whipped cream. I stayed longer than I normally do, about three hours, and then I came home. I was then feeling very guilty about not jogging on the first day of the New Year, and since my knee was feeling much better, I decided to do the long jog. It's the first time I've done the long jog after dark - I don't like it as much, although I must say it was fairly easy, I did it more briskly, and my knee didn't really give me any problems at all. But some of my route is not well-lit at night, and I don't love running under a dark freeway underpass. But I'm really glad I did it.
While I was jogging, I came up with four really good things to add to the pages I did this morning. I'll probably save that for the morning's writing, since I know exactly what it is and where it goes and it's always good to start a day's writing knowing what you're doing. I wrote it all out in longhand, so all I'll have to do is insert it where it belongs, then carry on from where I left off. The best thing is I came up with the last line for the chapter, whenever I get to it. It's just what I was looking for.
