Picked up my EBT card ($130.00 on it) at Care A Van this morning. Whatever else, I won't starve, nor want for vitamin C. Still, with all the free food, adequate sleep, and perfect weather, I don't feel somehow like I'm thriving. Odd. Anyway I go on reading Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (I'm a little over halfway through) and somehow this is bringing joy to my life. Talking to Dr. Murphy (psychiatrist) at the Diamond Head Mental Health Center yesterday, he told me to be sure not to burn my bridges, however psychotic I get: "This is a small island, and everybody knows everybody--absolutely everybody."