We have just completed our first mission together and now we're heading back to the Temple. I really don't want to get back to my classes but my Master says that I need to. I would rather practice using my lightsaber. My Master is resting right now. There was little time to sleep, since the leaders in the negations kept trying to kill each other. I'm not sure how they managed to even agree on negotiations. I feel that we have wasted our time. The two tribal leaders on Terunk are only going to fight again.

My Master says that we can do the best we can to keep the peace and bring peace, but it is up to the people themselves to take those next steps. In other words, we can't baby them along the way.

I'm beginning to see why the life of a Jedi is so hard. The training and class work are small things compared to larger things. For one, there are people who hate Jedi. I was unlucky enough to run into one of these people during out mission. Thankfully my Master was close by. Don't Jedi ever get tired of people spouting false ideas about Jedi? I'll have to ask my Master when he wakes up.

How my Master could stand the two leaders bickering, I have no clue. Must be a secret I have not learned yet. My Master did get them to reach a compromise and reach an agreement concerning the border as well as the river that just happens to run through it.

My Master told me of something he told his Master once. It was during the Trade Federation blockade when he and his Master had been sent to negotiate with the Neimodians. Qui-Gon had made a comment that the negotiations would be short because Neimodians were known to be cowards and easily persuaded. Later, when they managed to escape to the main hanger of the ship, my Master pointed out that the negotiations were short.

I laughed at that. The negotiations had never begun. In fact, I would like to call that as an example of aggressive negotiations. Aggressive negotiations, I believe are a lot more fun. Of course I doubt my Master would agree with me.

Jedi do not crave excitement. How many times do I have to hear that? I can't help it, I like to keep moving, to be doing something. My Master says that I should be careful what I wish for. I'm sure I wouldn't regret having a lot of excitement.

I may not be looking forward to classes, but I am looking forward to visiting the junkyards on Coruscant. I visit them every couple of nights. It is so easy to sneak out of the Temple.

My Master knows about these nightly times out of the Temple. In fact, he followed me once. He thought I didn't see or sense him but I did. Well, it was more like heard him. He accidentally caused a mini avalanche and while he was distracted he let his Force cloak slip a bit.

He hasn't said anything about my late night outings, but I have a feeling that he doesn't like me wandering Coruscant by myself. I noticed that whenever I get back to our quarters about an hour after midnight I notice that my Master isn't snoring, meaning that he has just gone to sleep or is getting there. Yes, my Master snores.

During the mission, I managed to get a gift for my Master from one of the shops. You see, I didn't have any of the local currency, so I fixed a storekeeper's speeder. It runs twice as good now then before.

I got my Master a book called Heroes of the Republic written by Madelein Aurin. Now he'll have something new to read while waiting up for me to get back from the junkyards.

I wonder when we will be going on our second mission? My Master told me that sometimes Jedi are sent on one mission after another. Now that would be fun. I wonder if I'll be able to visit every planet by the time I'm a Knight?