Beach swimming, hiking almost to the top of the Diamond-top crater—not to mention hiking to the entrance of the park from our hotel, quite a feat. I also just finished the last story in DFW’s Girl with Curious Hair. Strange. I had lots of energy yesterday to write after my nap, but never got around to it. Shocking and surprising.

A lot of sleeping today. The stress of the outside world is trying to pierce the vacation bubble I’ve carefully created. I’ll resist, however. Damn I want to write and stop pretending—one of these days, my good man. One day.