From mom, October 20, 2009

October 20, 2009

Dear Beloved of Mine,

I know, cheesy. Well Pony went to her new home last night. I think she is going to do great. They have 2 boys ages 2 and 5. They have another dog who is 11 so Pony will have enough energy to keep up with the 2 little boys. Wes and the boys just brought me lunch. An Oregon, so good and perfect. I had 2 letters from you in my mail box last night. Sounds like you really know your way around, haha. The navigation is a very good skill to have. I always know which way is north, no matter what. So I think that has always kept me from getting lost. Besides having good recall. Mike said yesterday that sometimes he don’t know what direction he is headed, but the mile markers on the road will tell you if you look for them. The numbers get bigger heading north and east. The major roads are numbered a certain way also. I really need to get a USA road map. Right now Mike is in Kentucky. Just picked up a load of car parts and they are headed to Texas. Every time he talks to me I make him tell me where he is. The gap in you receiving my letters is my fault. Sometimes I don’t get it in the mail the same day that I write it. I’m still writing you as often, but lately with the little boys, I don’t make it to the mail box some nights. I’m lame, sorry. I called AT&T this morning about you taking over your contact, and it looks like it will have to wait until you come home. Because you need to sign something and they’ll do a credit check on you. So you maybe asked to put a deposit down. You should set up automatic payments at the same time. That way when your deployed you’ll have one less thing to worry about. I’m coughing, or rather trying not to cough. Sometimes I throw up if I can’t stop, hate it when it happens while I’m eating. I guess scarecrow had to replace a water heater at the end of his day Sunday. Was working until 7:00. so I think he worked on it for atleast 3 hours. It never takes me more then 1 hour to install one even if it doesn’t drain very well. He didn’t finish the residents sent him away. I don’t blame them. He tried to use pipe dope sealer instead of flux to solder. Flux is what helps the solder bond to the copper pipe. He would have never got it to work. Joseph had to go in there yestuday to fix it, said that there were drops of solder everywhere. They don’t even look the same. Pipe dope catches on fire, flux just melts. Ya know how to solder? If not I will show you sometime. It’s fun and there’s fire involved. =) I told Grandma, even she thought that was funny and I don’t think she has ever soldered in her life, but knows enough to understand what flux is. I can’t wait to see you again just a few weeks to go. Me and the boys are definitely gonna be there to pick you up. I’m looking forward to spending some time with you and it would be so awesome to do something special like we did before you left. Mike maybe home a few days at the same time. So you two may get to compare stories of your independence from mom. Lol. Or your travels. I have a feeling that you’ll end up with the long distance award. The shirts and sweat shirt you sent all fit. Bear slept in his shirt last night. I’m surprised that a shirt made for a four year old fit him so well. We know he is gonna be a tall one that’s for sure. I need to teach him to play basket ball and be his manager. Haha. Maybe baseball, I like baseball better. Well I’ll write more tomorrow, love you and miss you.

Love Mom.