“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(I typed yesterday’s session this morning, and didn’t get to work on Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment until after 10:30. I also made arrangements to get our taxes for 1983 done. It worked out well, but I lost time — and when I got to room 330 this afternoon, my legs were itching again. I told Jane.

(Jane said she had a long wait for hydro this morning. She’s been having a lot of spasms, and fears the catheter was loosened enough yesterday that she’ll have to have it changed tonight. She saw her doctor briefly in hydro.

(One of the nurse’s aides stopped by for a visit. She had been injured and suffered a relapse when she fell and twisted or pulled on some of the staples in her leg. Now a prolonged recovery period is predicted. Jane and I soon noticed the negative suggestions her doctor had given her, as she talked with us. She also told us that another nurse will be out for at least a week with a strained back, which she evidently got from trying to lift a patient. It made us wonder about working in hospitals — it seemed everyone was sick at one time or another.

(Jane ate a good lunch, then at 3:05 began reading the session from yesterday. She did fairly well, though not as good as yesterday, and finally got through the six pages at 3:34. She held the pages okay in her left hand, though. She said her ability to perceive had varied considerably, and that she’d had to strain to read. I’d seen that her eyes were very red when I gave her drops.

(3:45. I read a batch of recent sessions to Jane. She told me of a dream she’d had last night, vivid, involving her walking, putting on new clothes while in the middle of a street, of leaving the hospital and going across a street into a Five and Ten, of putting pretty decorations in her hair. I said the dream was a very good one, and once more set the stage for the act of walking. She agreed. I worked on some mail.

(4:00–4:11. A nurse took Jane’s vitals — temperature, 98.5. When all was clear and quiet — except for the patient, Karina, hollering next door — Jane said she’d like to have a short session.)

(4:40 p.m. I told Jane that I’d thought she would speak longer, but she said she often feels that if she did I’d never get the sessions typed. “I notice that around seven o’clock you start getting nervous,” she said. It’s true that by then I’m restless and getting tired, but I can always make exceptions. “You wouldn’t get anything done on Dreams if you had to type longer sessions,” she added. Probably true.