NO CRY FEST TODAY

I DID NOT METION THAT ON FRIDAY AT LUNCH TIME I HAD TOLD RILEY THAT I HAD TO WORK THAT NIGHT. SHE STARTED TO CRY THAT SHE DID NOT WANT ME TO GO. THEN JORDAN STARTED CRYING AND THEN I STARTED TO CRY. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT IT WILL NOT BE FOREVER BUT IT WAS STILL VERY EMOTIONAL FOR ME AS MUCH AS THEM. JUST WHEN I WAS THINKING THAT THEY MAY BE GETTING USED TO IT. HA! IT MAKES ME NOT LIKE BEING THERE THAT MUCH MORE. I TOLD LESLIE THAT I COULD NOT STAND THE PLACE AND SHE ASKED ME WHAT WOULD MAKE ME LIKE IT BETTER. I TOLD HER IF IT WAS IN MY HOME I WOULD LOVE IT. I TOLD HER THIS IS MY JOB AND MY LIFE-WHERE MY HEART IS AND JUST WHAT I LOVE TO DO ---TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY-MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED-A CLEAN HOME-A NICE YARD-CLEAN LAUNDRY-A HOME COOKED MEAL- AND OF COURSE LOVE. I MEAN RIGHT NOW IT JUST HAS TO BE , BUT THE SECOND THAT IT DOESNT--LATER BOB EVANS MY FAMILY NEEDS ME! EVERETT DID TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT LATER AND TOLD THEM THAT I DID NOT SIT AROUND AND WHINE AND CRY WHEN THEY WENT SOMEWHERE AND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT MAKE ME FEEL BAD. HE TRYS TO REASSURE ME BY SAYING THAT IT IS GOOD FOR ALL OF US FOR A LITTLE WHILE. ITS CRAZY AND PRIDE WOULD NOT LET ME DO IT BUT SOMEDAYS I THINK WELFARE HERE I COME! BUT AS LONG AS I AM AN ABLE BODY TO WORK- THATS WHAT I'LL DO.
SO I TOLD THE MANAGER ABOUT THE SOCCER SCHEDULE AND JUST AS I PREDICTED-TUESDAYS WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM BUT FRIDAY WILL BE--I TOLD HER TO DO WHAT SHE CAN FOR ME AND I WILL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN IT COMES.

OH AND I DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. THE BEAUTY SHOP THAT I WORK AT HAD A RODENT PROBLEM. YEP A RAT UNDER THE STAIRS. SO I TOOK A BIG STEEL TRAP UP AND SET IT AND THE GIRLS CALLED AND SAID THAT THEY GOT IT. YAY! ONE OF THEIR HUSBANDS WAS GOING TO COME AND DISPOSE OF IT. I TOLD THEM WE BETTER RESET THE TRAP JUST IN CASE.

WE WENT TO MY GRANDMAS TODAY AND I CUT HER HAIR. WE TRIED TO TALK HER INTO GOING AND STAYING AT HER SISTERS FOR A WEEK BECAUSE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING LONELY. WELL YOU KNOW THE COWS MIGHT GET OUT AND SHE JUST CANT TAKE OFF FOR THAT LONG. WHEN I SUGGESTED THAT SHE JUST CLOSE THE GATE TO THE DRIVE SO IF THE COWS GOT OUT SHE WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM GETTING OFF OF THE FARM, SHE JUST SAID"YEAH, AND IF I CLOSED THE GATE THEN EVERYBODY AROUND WOULD KNOW THAT I AM NOT HERE." PAP-PA HAS DEFINATELY RUBBED OFF ON HER MORE THAN WE THOUGHT OVER THE YEARS. SHE ALSO SAID A FRIEND INVITED HER DOWN TO SPEND THE DAY AND SHE RAISED THE QUESTION TO MOM AND I "WELL WHAT WOULD I DO THERE ALL DAY?" UH VISIT WAS OUR ANSWER. IT SEEMS LIKE NOW THAT MY GRANDFATHER IS GONE SHE IS GETTING JUST AS HARD TO GET OFF OF THE PLACE AS HE WAS. SHE JUST PLAIN MISSES HIM AND I JUST CANT BLAME HER. ME TOO.

P.S. ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LYNNE AND FAMILY IN FLORIDA! HEY Y'ALL!