Alfdorf, Germany

I got up at 8:30 and was in to work at Repa about 10:00. Hans had database problems with the routing input program. Apparently the program on the disk had been changed. I recompiled it and it ran without a problem. Drive 0 was on all night and had a probable electrical failure which clobbered the disk. We were able to reconstruct the disk and repair it. The Gier maintenance man came in a cleaned the drive.

I went house hunting with Bill Stevens from about 2 until after 6 p.m. He didn’t find anything worth while. Rent sure is cheap in Schwäbish-Gmünd … 1/4 of the Düsseldorf area. I ate dinner with Bill at the Haghof Hotel — kalbsteak (veal) with broccolli and heart of palm. Steak was OK.

I reformatted the Branch membership list and wrote a file maintenance program and a new print program. I worked on the membership lists until about 3:30 a.m. and then went back to the Haghof and to bed.

I called Mervyn before coming in to work this morning and told him about the mix up at the PostCheckAmt (post office bank). We must watch the desposit slips to see that everything is done properly. I called Nina when I got in to work and found she was sick in bed with a cold. She didn’t take the kids to school and Peter Chasterneuf stayed there to babyshit while Nina stayed in bed.

Bill sure drives his BMW fast. While we were house hunting I thought we were gonners a couple of times while going around bends in the road.

Latest Branch membership listing shows 126 members in 69 families for an average of 1.8 members per family. That’s not many.

Weather was clear and beautiful, again like an early spring.

Transcribed from my journal.