Letter 4

Dear Ara,

Well, it is Friday again – you know the week before payday Friday, that in between, Friday where things are blissfully boring at home!

Oh yes – here is your horoscope for today – by the time you get it, it will be way past this: That nagging voice in your head just doesn't seem to want to go away. Chances are you need to rectify a wrong before it gets worse. Look into your heart to find a solution you can live with. I think this is good advise for any day though.
Nana has let our entire family – in OHIO the ones you don’t know, know about you going to boot camp. So if you happen to get some odd letters from someone you’re not sure who they are, well, it is probably just them. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Wonderful – today is our company Thanksgiving. Yahoo. Can’t you just tell how thrilled I am, and I HAVE to go IT IS MANDITORY unless you are off for vacation or sick. Dam, why can’t I be sick. Oh yah, Deb (your old boss) said to tell you hi, or hey I think she said.

I kind of skipped writing yesterday since I had written so many at the beginning of the week. I was tired yesterday and It felt like everything had finally caught up to me. I was not very good company last night, thank goodness Mathew is the way he is, he had me laughing and feeling better quickly. Oh and I am not sure if you have seen the news but the place on the back side of the loop in Tyler where all the Oil Derricks was at caught fire and there was an explosion 4-7 people had to go to the hospital, but no body was evacuated. I was not really sure until the news yesterday – that it was a refinery. They only had 270 people that still worked there, so very small. As far as I know no one died from it.

On other fronts Well, Dustin has decided that he will grace us with his presence tonight well, I am sure he will end up spending most of it up with Alex at his friends since Mathew will be going to Tommy’s this weekend. Tommy is not going to Mom’s this year. I will have to call her and wish her a Happy Thanksgiving and let her know that you miss her and give her the address for you ones I have the full thing.

I Know you can do this. If I can get through College with 2 small children and NO real income I know you can handle this 13 weeks. It really is not that long if you think about how long it takes to really become anything else this is a crash course and I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.

If you could not tell I have caught up on our work up here, I have finished up about 4 projects the beginning of this week and today and yesterday seem so slow in comparison. Oh Yah – on Tues we had 22 PAGES (type written- well of course) of errors. NONE were my fault. Something a coworker had done the day before caused them. Wow you know when he does it, he does it right. Me on the other hand. One to three errors and I feel so awful! He seemed fine with it, my boss’s didn’t even seem that upset. I wonder if it isn’t my reaction, my immediately wanting to make it right and my nervous reaction to a failure that actually sets my boss into his panic mode?
Hopefully I will not make mistakes often enough to have to worry about the reactions.

Ok, so on your 10 days of leave you’re going to sleep for 2 then you have 8 left – that will be like a huge vacation after working boot camp and everything. Oh yeah I guess you will have 7, since you will spend ½ a day convincing Alex that you can kick his rear and then 1 hour doing it (if you drag it out) then 2 hours consoling him afterwards and then 2 hours play wrestling with Mathew – whom you will find wants to play and not really learn fighting techniques. Hey does the 10 days also include your travel days? Maybe, if so then it will be less – Oh well, so you will have to sleep maybe 1 day ;-p and maybe sleep in the other days? Oh yes You will have to come up here and say hello.

Any ways I can’t wait to hear from you even if it is
HELLO,
I love you
Can’t write much

By the way, I have decided that I will put a plate of Thanksgiving stuff in the freezer. Turkey and Potatoes will keep right? Dorothy Jo (the doll) will sit at your place for Thanksgiving, though it will not be the same – she is too short and doesn’t smart off at the table ;-p

I will not be making the turkey, Jerrod and Susan are so I am going to go over there. I will have the turkey and can make some fresh Mashed Potatoes when you come back for your visit. I am going on break now so I will write more when I come back in.

Oh a couple things I thought about on break. One Dustin’s car is up and running legal and everything. The other is you know it is 35 degrees today. That is what the sign in front of the school said this morning. Yesterday I was being surrounded by bees, today I am freezing my tusshy off. Breaks out there kind of suck. I hope your staying warm, although I know that you probably are since you’re probably sweating your butt off!

I think this weekend I will try and tackle Mathews room upstairs and work on the other room and hallway. I have to figure out how to get to the Xmas stuff in the attic, because I know that Mathew would not do anything that would make me upset, but I know he would like to see the Tree up this year. It will be strange with both you and Alex not there but I do need to think about Mathew. We probably will not put up much in the way of decorations but I do need to do something for him too. One good thing – well, I can get yours anytime between now and Feb. YOU WILL LIKE IT (not sure what it will be) BUT YOU WILL LIKE IT!

Hey I did finally go out and write some more. Not a story just an essay but I got out there and wrote, thought you would be proud of me on that fact.

They had some Folgers coffee in the break room so I made a GOOD pot (vs there mud) and am drinking a cup as I type this too you. It taste pretty good still a little strong but good. Any ways I guess I should close at least for now.

I love you, write when you can. I know your busy.

Oh Darleen – the one who pushes the mail cart, Delisa Hudson (the one with blond hair that we ate lunch with), Deb and I am not sure who else one The “Good” Employee or whatever it is called awards. I wrote you a note while I was “ENJOYING” (yah, RIGHT) my lunch. I think you’ll get a kick out of it.

Love you – I am going to end this I will write more tomorrow.

Mom