From Mom, August 18th, 2009

Hello my Fav--Me feet hurt today, do yours? My knees a little also. So are we having fun yet? I hope that you let me know how long it takes for my letters to get to you, Wes thinks it may by 5 days. It takes 3 days to get one from you. I checked the weather forecast and it looks like your going to have rain or thunder showers. I wonder if the will help with the high temperatures or if the added humidity will just make it worse. I don't imagine that it will be all that great to be out in the weather learning how to stand in line and march. We are suppose to have record high temps tomorrow, close to 100. I stopped by Grandma and Grandpa's today on the way home from work to give them your address. They weren't home so I had to write it out real big on a piece of paper I grabbed from their printer. The Weather Channel just said it was 75 degrees and 65% humidity. That's just about perfect, except that it's 11pm. So anyways, you should be getting letters for sure from Tammy and Grandma. Hey guess what? Mike is moving back into my barn. He had kind of moved back with Ann. I wonder when he is going to get it that Ann is not committed to having a permanent relationship with the guy she claims as her babies daddy. I hope he gets a job soon, like long haul. We lost one of the small chocolate boys today. He was just too frail and we had been trying extra feedings, but he just wasn't gaining weight like he should have. Made it a sad day for us. Wes' parents are splitting up. I think Wes is in shock about it. But I'm not surprised, his dad is in jail (think about why) and looks like he is going to be there for awhile. Fran needs to take care of herself and finally do herself some good. So once she gets loose ends tied up here she will be living in Oklahoma or maybe Hawaii. I think OK would be better, she won't have a lot of money and the cost of living is a lot lower there. Miss Carol is there, her best friend from Kennewich. Well enough said. I sure hope the next time I talk to you we will have more time to catch up. Remember just to do the best that you can and stay focused on your goal. Let me know if you need anything. Love you. Mom