November 3

Hi daddy. My first week at my new job went swimmingly. I think ima like it. I think I've become the maker of chicken salad n pot pies but it's ok. It's easy but time consuming. Took me all day to get them done yesterday cuz I had to keep stopping to help customers or whatever. Only thing that bugs me is the dishes. No one seems to wanna do them and they pile up so high. Ugh. Our dishwasher only holds 5-6 pans at a time so it takes forever to get them done. We'll have to figure it out cuz the guy who's been doing them has to go back to his assigned department Wednesday. I got asked if I want to learn stuff on the bakery side, I said yes please! They said they need someone they can depend on n hope I'm that someone. But of course. :) said it'll just be one day a week for now. I get my first check tomorrow. Excited to see what week one brings me. I've been on 11-7s the past few days, it's an ok shift. Seems like you're there all day though. I'm thinking I'll probably have to work thanksgiving, hope not but if I do hopefully it won't be all day. Just happy I'm some place I like again. Hope that feeling lasts a long time too. 

Mom is still coming for thanksgiving but not by bus anymore. Going to drive instead. She's going to Texas for a quilt class the 12th, then from there drive here. I did end up quitting the tax class. I wanted to be able to work whatever I was offered n I had a hard time thinking about charging ppl so much to do their taxes. Just ridiculous. 

I don't know much else. Joe is trying to quit smoking. Hope he can. He's having a hard time with his cravings but he said he'll beat it. He's been smoking he said for 30-35 years. He's quitting cuz of me, cuz I asked him to not thinking he'd actually do it and he says it'll save us a good chunk every month too. He's gone from a pack n a half to about 3-4 a day. That's really really good. :) 

Just wanted to say hello. I miss you dad something fierce. I was cleaning the kitchen n took a glimpse of your picture I have in there n started crying. Sometimes it just hits ya, ya know. I love you daddy. (Forehead kiss) Talk to you in a little bit.