December 1, 1977 – Thursday - Alternative Considerations of ...

ecause I thought Jossie had done it. She said Jossie has been very unhappy at the churchtoday and that she had told her she shouldn’t come when she didn’t feel well.Gina Severns gave me a ride home. She said Terry Buford has arrived from Guyana.Terry says Jim wants to get people out of the States as soon as possible. When asked,“What will happen to the church?” he said “I don’t care – let them have it”At home I learned it was Virginia who had left the oven on.I had my buttermilk and juice.Did my exercises.Wanda came home and prepared her dinner. The doctor said she must eat 2400 calories aday, a high protein, low carbohydrate diet, which she finds difficult.When she was finished, I prepared lunch for tomorrow. Estelle had cleaned out herclosets and threw out a coat which Etta had. It seems to be in good condition and fits mereasonably well. The collar was dirty and I tried to clean it up with soap and water.Read newspapers and ate some fruit.Went to bed at 11:15.December 7, 1977 – WednesdaySpent most of the morning on journal items.Dor Stooker was in and I told her of my imminent retirement. She said she had givensome thought to doing the same herself. She will be 62 in February. She doesn’t like “theway things are going” in the department, meaning that Virginia Duncan’s management isunpalatable to her.At lunch I ate quickly and went to hear the lectures of the “Bechtel Forum,” which thismonth featured Richard Godwin, a Director and Vice President of Bechtel Incorporated.His topic was “Focus: Middle East” and was mainly devoted to the Bechtel jobs in thatpart of the world. They seem to be a great part of Bechtel’s occupation at the presenttime. The assembly room was packed and we were taken to an additional room andheard lecture in that room.In the afternoon I spent most of the time typing Weinberger’s articles.When I got home tonight I ate some leftover vegetables (which were not on my diet, but Ididn’t want to waste them and Jossie hasn’t been eating at home lately.). Washed andchanged clothes.Went to the Temple service at 7:30. Very few were present at the beginning, thoughattendance increased later.