Date: Mon, Jan 29, 1996 20:31 EDT The altitude is getting to me. I have to breathe hard when trying to keep up with Max, although I’ve made it up stairs much more successfully than I thought I might. Maybe my blood is still thick from this summer. I fell asleep this afternoon on the couch until most of my body woke up, leaving my arm painfully numb. I flopped it against the sofa for a couple of minutes before rolling over to find a new position that would keep the blood in my arms circulating and drool from escaping…