I'm practicing staying up late because tomorrow night I really start my new job on the night shift 5 PM to 3:30 AM. Ten hours plus a half hour for lunch.

Luckily, I'll only have to do this four days a week. That raises a problem, though. Do I return to "normal" during the three off days, or do I continue my nighttime schedule?

I'm opting to become a night person. A lover of lunar light, ever searching for those airy beings who disappear in daylight.

For the foreseeable future, I'll be a hostler at a distribution center of a major grocer in Western Washington. The company I work for has the contract for deliveries and I'll be moving trailers in and out of docks and setting up sets of double trailers, all in the dark.

I posted Chapter 3 of Out the Door, that wonderful tale of two best friends whose friendship continues throughout their lives. In this chapter, they take a very important step in ratcheting up the meaning of their relationship.

I also finished Chapter 19 of The Pastel Cowboy and reached an important milestone in the story. I think there shouldn't be more than 3 chapters to go, maybe less.

Surprisingly, the depression isn't so bad, but I'm continuing to slide downhill.