Yesterday was pretty much all work - 5 packets in 7 1/2 hours - although we did manage to fit in one early game of racquetball. It's great playing on Friday, especially early, because there are no classes, so the building and locker room are really quiet. Ray beat me--of course. He tries to keep the score really close, but if I get ahead, he starts playing more agressively. He can pretty much always make me lose a point by hitting the ball really hard, or low or high, or right at me. It bothers me more when I miss an easy shot, which only happens about half the time.

The board meeting next Tuesday and all the preparations for it are starting to make me really nervous. We have to figure out how to raise more money ($30,000) or tell some of our employees they don't have jobs--or have to work fewer hours. And that's only one of the challenging issues on the agenda.