THE PAST WEEK

WOW THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN TOTALLY NUTS!

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATS TO MY BOSS AND HIS FAMILY FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THEIR BABY GIRL! BOTH MOMMY AND BABY ARE AT HOME AND DOING GREAT! SHE IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BABY AND I AM NOT JUST SAYING THAT CAUSE HE IS MY BOSS. HE IS ONE PERSON THAT I DON'T HAVE TO HIDE MY FEELINGS OR OPINIONS FROM. HE IS GLOWING AND BEEN IN A GREAT MOOD!

TOM GOT A CALL ON FRIDAY MORNING THAT HIS UNCLE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND WASN'T EXPECTED TO MAKE IT. SO WHAT DO WE DO...WE BOOK THE NEXT FLIGHT OUT OF PHOENIX GOING TO CHICAGO, RESERVE A RENTAL CAR, TOM COMES HOME TO PACK, AND A FEW HOURS LATER HE IS OFF TO CHICAGO TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY FOR 8 DAYS. WHICH AS ALL OF YOU KNOW MEANS..."SINGLE MOM FOR 8 DAYS"...GLAD IT IS ALMOST OVER. UNCLE ARLON PASSED AWAY JUST AS TOM WAS BOARDING THE PLANE...HE WAS HOPING TO MAKE IT THERE BEFORE THAT HAPPENED. UNCLE ARLON WAS A VERY SPECIAL PERSON TO ALL OF US BUT HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART FOR HOW MUCH HE LOVES ZOE. SHE NEVER GOT UNDER HIS SKIN...AND IF YOU KNOW TOM'S FAMILY THAT IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. HE WAS WORRIED SICK ABOUT HER WHEN SHE IN FOR SURGERY, HE WOULD HOLD HER FOR HOURS ON END WHILE SHE RUBBED THE FACE OF HIS WATCH, HE ALWAYS MADE SURE TO GIVE HER KISSES...I WISH SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN OLDER AND MORE UNDERSTANDING OF HIS LOVE FOR HER. UNCLE ARLON FOUGHT A LONG HARD BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WAS A VERY BRAVE MAN. IT IS SAD THAT IT TOOK HIS DEATH FOR HIS CHILDREN TO SHOW THEIR FACES (THE GALL OF THEM MAKES ME SICK). THEY HAVE NOT SEEN HIM OR SPOKE TO HIM IN OVER 20 YEARS. WHILE TOM HAS BEEN HOME HE HELPED CLEAN OUT UNCLE ARLON'S APARTMENT AND PACK WHAT HE WANTED TO BRING HOME (INCLUDING ARLON'S WATCH FOR ZOE). I KNOW IT ISN'T ENOUGH TIME FOR TOM TO SPEND WITH HIS FAMILY IN THIS TIME OF GRIEVEING BUT ATLEAST HE UNDERSTANDS HIS DUTIES AT HOME ALSO. I WISH THE GIRLS AND I COULD HAVE ALSO WENT HOME BUT IT WOULD HAVE COST CLOSE TO $2400 PLUS A BIGGER RENTAL CAR. HE KNOWS THAT WE LOVE HIM AND HE WOULD UNDERSTAND. HE WOULDN'T WANT US TO PUT BILLS ON THE BACK BURNER TO COME BACK HOME. WHEN WE GO HOME WE WILL BE GOING DOWN TO HIS SITE TO TALK TO HIM...I NEED TO FOR CLOSURE.

WORK HAS BEEN TOTALLY CRAZY...WE ARE STARTING TO HIT BUSY SEASON! WHEN THE TEMPS GET OVER 100 OR IT RAINS...OUR COMPANY IS NONSTOP! BUT OF COURSE NONE OF US ARE COMPLAINING BECAUSE THAT JUST MEANS MORE MONEY FOR ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED.

WELL I CAN'T WAIT FOR 11:20 SATURDAY...I GET TO BE IN THE ARMS OF THE ONE I LOVE THE MOST...

UNTIL NEXT TIME