I found the ereader works well for this; I do an in book search for each date and go where it points.
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Thatās very true; only way jumping around is bearable for me digitally, at least.
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May 12
I wonder how long the count has been planning his move to London? Months? Years? Decades?
And him crawling out of the window always brings the image of a spider to mind.
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I think I am switching to English. I listened to the parts that I had already read, thinking I had a pretty good understanding, but I missed a lot of details that make the story more interesting, imo. 
The issue with me free flowing everything. 
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After a few days break, weāre back in it.
May 15
Jonathan goes exploring, and seems intent on ignoring the Countās explicit warning against sleeping anywhere but his assigned bedroom. We shall find out tomorrow what happens. 
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I have to wonder what happened in these missing days. āDear Diary, today I taught Drac how to play baccarat and heās eyes turned red and dripped blood every time he lost but he didnāt crawl down the side of the castle like a lizard with his cape ignoring the law of gravity, ā¦ so I guess not much happened today. Maybe tomorrow Iāll have something to write about ā¦ fingers crossed!ā
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Hahaha. I figured characters were just going with the flow, a kind of āwait and seeā type thing. Tension is high, but nothing particular noteworthy actually happens, maybe?
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I am reading the abridged version with only ~300 pages and trying to gauge where everyone else is at in the story compared to me. No comments so far other than my hands hurt with how many lookups I had to do on the phone so I am going to prop up the book on a stand and do lookups on the proper keyboard. It is very cool description language that I havenāt seen much of to date, all feels relatively important words to learn as well.
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I fell behind just a bit this weekend, so it was nice to see two short entries, though Iām sure Jonathan doesnāt agree with me, haha.
Assuming Lucy or someone doesnāt pop in in the meantime, it looks like the next entry from Jonathan will be on the 28th, so a bit away!
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First day in a bit; we should be meeting back up with Jonathan again soon, I think.
May 24
We get a new letter from Lucy; sheās somehow managed to get three separate marriage proposals in one day, haha. I must say, quite a bit of Quinceyās āslangā went over my head in Spanish; heās speaking in basically all vocabulary I havenāt learned yet. @.@ Granted, he didnāt make much sense to me in English anywayā¦
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I have no idea what the āseven youths of the lampsā meansā¦ Itās very annoying knowing what something means without knowing what it means. I end up sitting and staring at it forever trying to make sense of it.
I did enjoy seeing the spanish version of āwhen it rains, it poursā ā¦ llueve sobre mojado ā¦ which I wouldnāt have gotten without Lucyās help setting it up as a refran/saying otherwise I would have looked at it with the same blank stare as I did the āseven youths of the lamps.ā
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Two entries today; mentioning it here just in case, but Dr. Sewardās entry might be labeled as April 24 instead in your copy. It was in mine, with a translatorās note that the date was clearly an error on Stokerās part.
We get to meet Renfield for the first time today! I always liked Renfield; heās an interesting guy.
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May 28
And weāre back with Jonathan after a while! Not much has happened for him; heās just kind of waiting for some opportunity to present itself. I wonder if the count ever took up reading shorthand after this little incident, so it wouldnāt surprise him again? Then again, he may not have know that it was in shorthand specificallyā¦
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The awesome power of shorthand! As a kid, I had a brief moment of wanting to learn it after reading Dracula.
I do feel sorry for Jonathan, here; itās quite the sorrowful line that ends this entry.
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June 5
Small update today on the animal lover Renfield. Heās been collecting fliesā¦ 
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All I could think of was the old nursery song āI knew an old man who swallowed a fly, I donāt know why he swallowed a fly, ā¦ā and, of course, the inevitable verse that follows ā¦
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I ran into this happy little word again today in La ridĆcula idea de no volver a verte | L31. Good to know what Iām learning here is applicable elsewhere.
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June 17
Been a while since our last update. Jonathan is still hanging on; not much has changed for the poor guy.
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June 18
In which Renfield becomes increasingly Renfield ā¦ and I keep singing my nursery song about the old man who swallowed ā¦ something ā¦ increasingly large ā¦
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Alrighty, had to catch up after missing June 24 & 25, since Iāve been devoting the majority of my time to FFXIV before the Dawntrail maintenance. Now that my 48 hours of purgatory are here, it was time to check out Jonathanās. 
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