Day Two

No sign of L. at sesshin today. I checked my email first thing in the morning before I left, and again at lunch, and again when I got home, and again as I sat down to write this, but no answer to my question "Will you be at sesshin?" appeared from her.

So as I sat this morning, my mind was buzzing with activity. Fantasies, schemes, plans and daydreams all occupied my mind. One thing I realized though, in all this activity, was that I hadn't dropped my regulator off at the scuba shop for next week's dive trip to Panama City, so at lunch I excused myself, and drove home, ate lunch, checked the email, and picked up the regulator. I got it to the dive shop, but was told it will take about two weeks to fix, so it looks like I'll have to use the dive shop's equipment anyway.

In the afternoon, my mind settled down a little more, and by evening was quite quiet and calm. I left the zendo, this time mindful not to engage in idle chatter, and got a good night's sleep (after checking my email - still nothing).