Dad,
I can't believe you didn't live long enough to see me turn the big "40" It will be a sad day for me cause I know had you been alive I would have probably been spending the day with you and the family doing something. I will be thinking of you that day....well, and everyday. Your birthday is right around the corner too. Sheesh how time flys. We are getting ready to go camping this weekend at Fort Worden. I am excited to get to see the whole clan. It has been a while and I am looking forward to catching up with everyone and planning our other camp trips with all of them. Joe is having a birthday on Saturday so I am sure there will be a bit of celebrating going on. The menu sounds good and easy. Colleen is cooking a turkey and Auntie Terri is going to make a roast and then are just going to make sandwiches and have a ton of salads and goodies. You know that we are never short on food. Blake got that motor home moved that Mom and Mike gave us...now all we have to do it get busy fixing her up. Yes I think it must be a she...haven't named her yet, I suppose we will wait to see what a bitch she is first. I think it will be kinda fun to fix her up and get her rolling. We are probably going to fix it up and get rid of both the trailer and motorhome so we can get a really nice set up. We shall see, I am sure it won't happen until next summer at the soonest since it needs so much work.
The kids are on Spring Break this week and they are bored already...well, I should say Blakey and Baylee are bored. Brody and Courtney are working so they are staying pretty busy. I am working most of this week since we are getting a new point of sale program at work and we are training on it. I am looking forward to that, we won't have to write the cards out or hand write directions the system should do it all for us, I hope. It was a very expensive program so I really hope it works out for Chuck and Susan.
Blake is working in Shelton right now and it sounds like he will be moving to the Pyhst soon. He is staying busy. I think he will be happy to be a little bit closer to home without so much traffic.
Well, that is about it so I will go for now. I will write you more soon.
I love you,
Janet
Dad,
Well, tomorrow your little girl will be "40". I really wish you would be here to go to dinner with Dave, Terri, Blake and I and help me celebrate. We will surely raise our glasses to you, I promise!!
Camping at Fort Worden went well. Friday was a better day as far as the weather went. Saturday we got quite a bit of rain and pretty much everyone turned in early, well, except for us die hards. Holly, Chase, Dave, myself and the boys stayed out by the fire pretty late. Camping is getting to be so fun watching all the kids grow up. Dylan, Makayla and Juju are so much fun to be around. You would have loved JuJu so much. She is sooo dang cute and fun. And watching Dylan and Makayla are growing up so fast and such good personalities. Kylie, Zack and Collin were all there too, my how they have all grown so much, so good to see them. Great Grandpa Larry gave Kylie a camera and she was taking pictures of everyone, I think she got some really good ones. And little Zack can ride a bike like nobody's business...it is amazing. Collin is going to be a future skater for sure. He would take Blakeys board and start it rolling and then make a running jump and land right on it, that boy is going to show up our boy's in the future for sure. I think all the kids had fun except Brody fell at the skatepark and hurt his ankle. We found out Sunday that he had chipped a bone in his ankle and he has to be in a walking cast for about 4 weeks. He has some bad bruising and in some bad pain for the first couple of days.
Brody is not the only dumbass....I feel today at work. I was in the walk in cooler getting some flowers and as I stepped back I lost my footing on the step and fell hard against the sliding glass door. My face hit the glass and my glasses put a good cut in my eyebrow. Had to have some stitches and I may get a black eye. I am so lucky that that big glass door didn't break or I would have had a much bigger cut I am sure. I guess being fourty means that I am not very sure on my feet...I need one of the buttons to wear around my neck so I can say "I've fallen and I can't get up". It could have been sooo much worse. Other than my eye and my left arm being all bruised up I am fine. I think I may hurt pretty bad tomorrow. I had a headache most of the day and it is really sore to touch..I know, I can hear you say with your little giggle "well, then don't touch it dumbass" haha. I knew you well!!!
Well, I suppose I should try to get some sleep since I have a billion things to do in the morning.
I miss you and wish you were here everyday of my life!! Missing you,
Janet
Oh, how I could use one of your stellar hugs right now. Lots of things happening and I know it has been a month since I have written. I have hardly had time to take a breath with the two jobs and going to the dr. and everything else. Things are just all messed up right now. I know you would have all the words to make everything better. My poor bosses brother was killed on Mother's day, just a week before she is suppose to get married. I feel so bad for this family, they are a wonderful family and no one deserves to go through all they are having to endure. I am having this surgery thing which is really not an issue yet but it is still nagging in the back of my mind and I am worried about Stacy and her eye too. She hasn't heard back from her dr. yet. Graduation is coming up, Trying to do both the jobs and do them right and driving back and forth to Silverdale....not too mention Rob lost his job again. Hoko had given him so many chance and he messed that up. The bitch is back in his life and that is why this is happening to him. I gave him a huge piece of my mind last night and I don't think I will be hearing from him anytime soon. He owes me money and I haven't told him about my surgery thing. I just told him that I had enough going on in my own life than to have to be worried about him all the time. I told him he needed to grow up and get his shit together and that I cannot help him if he will not help his self. I hate having to do the tough love thing but it is time. Too much going on right now really...hate it. I am sure that things will settle down soon and get back to normal...I miss normal and I miss you.
Well, I must go for now. I won't wait so long to write next time, I have just been too busy with too much crapity crap.
I love you,
J
