This morning I woke up back on school time but could not stay up. Then I was back and forth, fitfully asleep and barely awake. I ended up struggling to get out of bed late and then after feeding the kids and taking a shower I fell back asleep again. I resolved to get to bed by 9:00 PM no matter what.

Eventually I got up in the last hour before my assessment test and I argued with my wife about my preparedness and she had to do an errand for me that I was supposed to do. I did a little pre-test study and found that I was not as unprepared as I thought I was. This morning I was paralyzed with a subtle form of fear. When I recognized this I prayed to get past it.

After the test I was relieved that everything went well. I aced the reading and writing portions and I did better than expected in math. I enjoyed the scholastic work and came out so optimistic about the future that I now have a problem of picking between long and short term goals. Later my wife and I made amends, she went first.

This morning I got a call from a person who recently went through a major struggle. I regret that I never had a chance to call him back. Later I got a call from a friend in recovery and we spoke for a while about sponsorship.

Today I thought some about some things that I wanted to say the other night in a meeting but couldn't quite conceptualize. It was the idea that this program has given me an awareness of the need to maintain my spiritual condition and a simple process to do it. This is the most the key to experiencing the joy of living.

Thanks be to God.