1 result for (book:wth AND heading:"part one chapter 2 januari 30 1984" AND stemmed:jane)
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maintenance
waft
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exemption
tasty
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(The day was about 32 when I left for 330, although Jane’s room was getting cold. There was no heat, and one of the staff had called maintenance, she said. She ate a good lunch. Snow, which had been predicted, began to fall around 2:30; there is a heavier storm south of us. I hoped it didn’t get too bad by supper time.
(3:00. Jane put on lipstick, then looked briefly in the mirror. I worked on mail. A maintenance man came, but couldn’t find out what was wrong with the heater. He left to get tools. Jane had to be covered while he was in the room, but for a long while I didn’t hear her complaining about this today.
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(3:55. Jane began reading yesterday’s session, doing but a fair job. She was interrupted at 4:05 by Diana, who took her blood pressure — 102/64 — “just fine.” She finished the session five minutes later, doing better at the end.
(4:15. Lynn gave Jane eyedrops. Ten minutes later Jane began the session. Just before she did, we were treated to the rather strong and tasty smell of liver and onions, coming up the elevator shaft across the hall from our door, from the kitchen in the basement. Food odors often waft up to us that way.)
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(4:41 p.m. Even though it’s a brief one, I think the session is a very important one. It signals the incipience of a new way of life — most interesting. It also reminds me of something Seth said many years ago — that when Jane passionately wanted to get rid of the symptoms, she would do so. I’ve never forgotten that idea. I think today’s session shows that Jane has either reached that point of passionate desire, or is very close to it.
(I should add that our dear friends, Bill and Peg Gallagher, visited Jane rather late last night, and brought with them a bottle of wine which the three of them proceeded to drain. Jane was surprised and touched.
(I should also add that Sue, one of the aides we’ve become acquainted with, showed us pictures of her two young sons. Those gorgeous children struck home with me for many reasons — partly because of Seth’s material, and partly because I think at my own age [65] I’ve come to appreciate more and more the truly creative act that being a parent is. I told Sue that her children were great, and meant it. So did Jane. I wouldn’t mind Seth commenting on my own evolving views of parenthood sometime.
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