11:45 pm Monday 19th July 1999

Another day, another blister. Today was pretty lax, I spent most of it doing computer work. I made up some phosphonate ester but didn't have any dry DME to do the rest of the reaction with. I couldn't distill any until very late in the evening and by then I didn't feel like sticking around the lab to nurse the reaction anyway.
Got the photo's from the weekend developed, they're quite good. A lot of me and Red, a whole bunch of miscellaneous stuff and of course the photo's from the weekend which are good. Not fantastic, but good.
Tried to book myself a massage, but the guy who does them is away sick. I'm hoping that maybe a good massage of my shoulder are may help to break up the cysts under my skin. I'll test this theory when I get some money. Neither of key cards are working at the moment, so I think that this is quite a good opportunity to start thinking about applying my change of name to my documents after I send in my tax form. The hardest part will be getting to the Queanbeyan RTA to change my drivers license. Looks like I might have to use the Chemistry van.
What else is up? It's payday on Thursday, so hopefully I can get rid of another chunk of John's fees. $1122 left to go for the year, and I guess I'll "donate" ~$500 on Thursday. I don't have any demonstrating this semester so money will be a little tighter than in the past. However I hope to have John's paid off by August 19th, so that means I should be able to buy a ticket to the Ball. In fact I might even look at buying a new corset because the old one is too big now. :) I'm trying to get in contact with Catherine West to ask her about the Melbourne Monash gender clinic. I've sent her an email via TGO outreach. Hopefully I will get a response from someone before Friday. Personally as I've said before, I would prefer to do my Psych here and Endo in Sydney.

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