I need to cut my spending and there seems to be a never-ending demand on what I make. The middle of the month seems to be a real problem. I will get a check next week and then the rent should be coming in so it should be all right. I just need to take care of the slack in the bank account. It will be all right I will have a windfall that will solve all the problems. I may go to TriCities and see if that Sprint thing will work and get a card for Mikey.
I sent an email off to Michael’s mom and have not heard anything. That is okay it was getting a little too regular for my taste anyway. I did some research on the EOTC and it would run a little more than I have right now. So there is no particular advantage. I guess I will go look at the Sprint thing and try and make my mind up. I have to sweat this money thing. I obviously did not hit Powerball last night. It rained all day and I guess I wont make that trip to TriCities tonight. I need to pick up my trashcan and it is going to be drippy. If push comes to shove on the support card for Mikey I can get a Safeway or WalMart just as well.
I called Mikey and he was doing his homework. He read some letters to me. I asked him if he would read to me some day and he was excited and said he would like to do that. He asked me what I was going to do this weekend and I said I am coming to visit you. He said oh that’s right – do you want to talk to my mom. I said sure. She came on the phone and asked how I was and there was a pause and she says oh are you coming to Portland this weekend. I said yeah and I would like to come by and see Mikey. She said no problem. It was sort of like I had to do homage to the queen. It did not go down well. I am sure that Mikey had mentioned it and we had to go through the little rig-a-roll before she would let me see him. This may be a test of wills one of these days. I mentioned the fact that we should think about the time we were coming and going to Grants Pass since I needed to let the people at work know if I am going to have to take some vacation time. I never did get to talk to Mikey again. I got a letter from Michael’s mom and everything is about the same I guess. I hope I don’t spend a lot of money I don’t have for Christmas. The game I bought for Mikey came in the mail today. I heard from Joel and he is on LOP now and will call me as soon as he gets out. He says he has not heard from his mother for a long time and he wondered if I had heard from her. I called but got voice mail. |