I sent an email to Michael’s mom last night and she answered back that she was very thrilled about the prospect of Christmas with Mikey and she would take Katie and half of Portland. Well, that is good to know. I sent some pictures along too and I am sure she liked those.

I wrote a letter to Joel and went to WalMart for some food. I did not spend much. I picked up a medium pizza from Pizza Hut. I had not had one for a long time. I washed some clothes. I remembered to pay the power and got some oranges and sweet water at Safeway – also a Powerball ticket. Man I wished that thing would hit this Wednesday. I could really put that to good use.

I watched the video, The Believer – I gave it a four stars. It was about a Jewish boy that tried to become a skinhead. I almost fell asleep a couple of times. It was all right but I would not spend a lot of money on it.

I called Mikey and he went shopping today and got a new pair of shoes. I guess that Fred Meyer card got some use today. He said they were white and black and were skate board shoes. It was the first I had heard they made skate board shoes but what do I know. He talked quite a while for him and was ready to go back to school tomorrow. I said I hoped he had not forgotten everything and he said crap no. He is a sweetie and I think I have him in my pile for the moment. I wonder if he will ever want to come home and hang out with me. He said once he wanted to hang out with grandpa and they would not let him.

Nolan called today and said that he had Wes’ cell phone number and had talked to him. Apparently he was home just a few hours on Thanksgiving. He was working on a job in Spokane. He said he did not want to park a trailer next to me because it would look sort of crappy. I mentioned I was not a ghetto. Anyway I thought it was a good comment on his part even though the majority of the junk around here belongs to him.