May 26

Hey papa.. I made it home safely. Got here on Friday night but not in one of my record times. I had to stop a few times to let the cats outta their box cuz they were fit to be tied in there. Would let them out for a few minutes then it was heck getting them to go back in it. I found the house, after passing it a couple of times, and quietly crept up on the porch and knocked on the door. Boo answered. He just smiled and said, how come I knew you would probably do something like that? You are sneaky like grandpa always was. :) Shaun was sleeping and had no idea I was coming. I fooled him the whole day. When he'd call me I'd tell him I was doing this or that.. stuff I did in KS on a daily basis. Lol. He got up when he heard Chocolate barking. I guess they were glad to see me. I was sure glad to see them. I spent Saturday and Sunday cleaning and getting things outta storage and where I wanted them. Made the house look like a home. I'm taking this week to gather my bearings before I head back to work. I went in today and started my paperwork but wasn't able to finish it cuz Ray has to get the email to OK my pay rate.. what I was getting when I left.. and override that I'm good to go as a master cashier and I won't have to start over from beginning to get MC. I'll be hella peeved if I do. I'm supposed to start on Monday morning at 6am. Daddy.. we live like 30 minutes away from civilization now. It takes like 30 minutes to get anywhere. It's kinda crazy. But you would love the drive. It's so pretty in some parts of it. I will have to get up at 4something to leave here by 515 to get to work on time. I'm gonna be working 6am to 4pm, four days a week. Works for me. Guess it depends on what the 4 days are gonna be and if I really do get to work my whole shift. Our new place is really kinda nice. Smaller than the place on Post Oak but nice. The living room is probably my favorite room. We have a fireplace.. that we'll probably never use.. and these two built in shelves on either side of it. Just the way it's set up is nice. If we should ever have company, we'll have to set up in the living room to sleep but that'll be OK. Met the landlord. He's nothing to really tell you about. Money hungry sums him up. His wife seems nice. There's this little red dog that runs around here. I guess the neighbors abandoned him and he's kinda taken to us. I think just cuz Shaun feeds him but he's an OK dog. Our neighbors that live in the backyard.. yes, dad.. the backyard.. ugh! I'd rather they not be there but I wasn't given that choice... anyway.. they are annoying and kinda creepy. They have a sensor on their gate so they know who is outside and the guy carries a gun around with him. I guess Shaun was telling me that he comes over here with it when he comes to work. Totally makes me uncomfortable. Shaun, as you know, is a pot stirrer and he calls the landlord and tells the landlord what they are or aren't doing. They are supposed to be doing stuff for him but aren't getting it done. I think Shaun needs to mind his own before he has a bullet in his brain. Wouldn't put it past the neighbor guy.

Jenn lost her dad Friday. Mom said she just seems to act like it's no big deal. I think maybe it just really hasn't hit her yet. Mom said that they cremated him and there will be no services for him. From what mom was saying he was cremated Friday afternoon. Scary. I know how you had always said you didn't want to be cremated cuz you weren't going to hell and had no desire to be burned up. I agree daddy. I'm sure that ppl who are cremated end up in Heaven or maybe down there.. so did you see him come in Friday? Would you have known who he was if he did? God knew so I guess that's all that matters. I don't know much else. Oh.. 

Boo is done with his junior year. He got all B's. I guess I'm happy with that. Given all he went through this year with me not being here, losing our house, where he had to live.. all that. He's gonna be a senior. Gosh.. where did the time go? We got info on senior pics the other day. No fricking way. I can hardly believe it's time for that. He won't start senior year until September 6th cuz they wanna have those two schools that got damaged in the tornado done so those kids can go back to their school at the start of the school year. Better go. You've been gone 49 weeks. That doesn't seem possible either. Wish you were here. I miss you. I love you. Talk to you in a little bit <3