It is raining today and I am not sure the amount of traffic at the scalehouse. I have some concern about more from Grants Pass. Really they need to do whatever the hell they need to do. I think I will ask Kate about talking to Mikey on a regular basis - see what she says.

An early morning email from Michael's mom that the viewing has been cancelled so they should have completed the cremation by now - who knows - it makes no difference. The relative is probably going to be upset but thank goodness it is coming to an end. I have not heard from Annie or Mikey. They should be able to pick up the ashes tomorrow. The activity around the mill is nihl.

I have had a couple of emails from Michael's mom and everything seems to be set for some kind of celebration next month probably. I hate traveling in November but it needs to be done. Annie was back on the internet and I approached the Mikey thing and she was receptive - I think they want to keep in touch. Mikey is doing okay and Kate is very sad yet. She supposedly went back to work today. They have heard nothing about the phone or the paycheck. I got a call from Joel and I was crying too much. I hope I can pull it off okay tomorrow.

Joel called and I told him I was visitng him tomorrow. I broke a couple of times. I need to get through that visit tomorrow a little stronger. I need to leave him feeling better about the situation. I called Mikey and he had this story about getting his leg cut off when a train ran over him while he was playing football. He wanted to ride with me to Grants Pass. Then he had to go work on his kettle corn. It probably helped me more than Mikey.