The red journal: Money for tapirs; lots of orders

"2007. Wed. Snowing today. Sent $500.00 each to Wilson and Sergio - 1st 500 to each. New projects. Photos from camera traps in Santa Marta, have not seen them yet. Toes done in 5 colors at A-Nails. Busy again w/Google up. IMPACT = Important Areas for Conservation of Tapirs. Some anger about not having a nest."

Well, there you have it. Journaling in unsatisfactory code. That was the last post in the red book. It's a wonderful book, but I'm either going to write unrestricted or not write at all. In fact, I seem to be capturing the scenes of my life with the camera more than with words or art these days. It's easy to forget exactly what thoughts go with them, but it's fast and graphic, and that's what I'm attracted to now.

The red journal: Eighty-seven plastic rhinos - the drought is over

I wrote:

"2007. Tuesday. Many overnights on top of each other. Lee & I were again looking at Pier 11 place when order for 50, then 87 plastic rhinos came in. More code fixing - up to 'hoofed' & part of 'insects.' He told staff about retirement ideas. What does renting a 'live-work space' mean to me & us? Lee & I looked at rental again. Wet floors."

I understand part of this, but writing in a small space creates half thoughts and vagueness that's hard to put together later. I have no idea what the first sentence means unless it's about working late night after night. About the rhinos - that's a great order. We were looking through the building again thinking about renting it when a phone order came in for 50 of the plastic rhinos in the photo, then he changed the order to 87. We had them - we had a lot. I think it was a rush order, which meant I had to get back and pack them up. And after such a horrible December, it was really nice to be able to do that.

The red journal: Change of pace

"2007. Sunday. Paid all bills & caught up with purchae orders. Lee came in late afternoon & packed backorders and the few new orders. Fairly early evening. He cooked tacos for dinner at his house. We read. A change."

The red journal: Catching up

"2007. Sat. More web work w/ Lee packing orders. Coffee with Jane. I started on bills & purchase orders late, then stayed up till around 2:00 working on the accounting after he went home. Not many new orders. Trouble going to sleep."

The red journal: In a quandary

"2007. Friday. Lee still agonizing over retirement thoughts & option to sell biz to X or not."