One Saturday night, about a month ago, I was out with Tim and Nate. On the way home, we saw a traffic survey. I did not get stopped for it. Charity was out the same night and did get stopped. She said they just asked some questions about drinking and driving. Tonight, on the way home from work I saw the Jackson P.D. setting up a traffic survey. I drove by twice before they made me go in. I decided to answer their questions. It was quite interesting. I had to take a breathalyzer test also. I was afraid I would flunk even though I had not nor will I ever drink. When it was over, I asked the lady if I had been drinking. She laughed and said no.

I gave Julie DeGreef, my manager at Tyler’s, a letter expressing my thanks for everything she has done for me over the past two years. She gave me a cake, put up signs, and gave me a card with some money in it for graduation. She has really been the greatest manager a person could ask for. She seemed really appreciative of the letter, which made me feel real good. I will be sorry to leave that place next month, but I have bigger and better things ahead of me. Tyler’s is a great place to work through high school, but one cannot make a career out of washing dishes.

I have some world news to report. Two days ago, Mikhail Gorbachev was ousted from power. He was on a month long vacation when some of his advisors asked him to resign. He refused; they essentially said he would be “sick” for a long time. His vice-president took over. As of 10:00 this morning the attempted coup was almost over. Some of the higher-ups in the U.S.S.R. didn’t like the way some of Gorbachev’s reforms were going. He was leaning more toward democracy and some of the leaders prefer the hard line communism. There is some speculation that even thought the coup is over, Gorbachev may not return to power. Some people think that Boris Yeltsin, president of the Republic of Russia, will be the next man in charge of the U.S.S.R. I’m kind of glad the whole thing is over. A change in the government heads of the U.S.S.R. would not be good for anyone, specifically the U.S. or the people of the U.S.S.R.

Work at Tyler’s is going well, although I have nothing good to say about it. I got in trouble tonight for discussing my wages with someone else. It’s really hard not to keep anything from anyone there because of the number of people that work there. I suppose I will look back over this years from now and think it was really dumb to talk about my wages at work, but this is the kind of stuff going on in my life right now.

I have not been doing well at all in reading my Bible and having devotions. I have been working a lot lately. I will be leaving for Cincinnati around the middle of September. I’m really getting excited about leaving for school. I only hope it won’t get old real quick. I don’t think it will. When I was down there for orientation in July, I met a guy from Columbus. I don’t remember his name, but I hope to be able to find him again.

A number of things happened today that I think I should mention. First, this computer came into my possession just this past Sunday. I will try to write something daily. Second, my last day of work at Custom Design Technologies was today. I will devote all my time to Tyler’s Food and Spirits. Charity also works there. Thirdly, I will mention whether or not I have had my devotions. Maybe this will help my accountability.