May 4, 2003:

A clogged bathroom got her out of bed in the early a.m. Water in her downstairs neighbor's condo. Her brittleness, panic, self-doubt: should never have bought the house, why'd she think she could handle it? Overwhelmed. Beeline for the Drambuie liqueur. Her on the red couch: one of the few times we talked in a frank and intimate way.