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It is a little warmer this morning and there may be a chance of rain this afternoon. It is going to be an interesting day. I need to get everything packed and ready for the road trip to Portland after work. I will be interested to see what MM has to say about the situation. I don’t think there is going to be that much going on at the scalehouse. There is not much as far as COD sales are concerned.

Well, the email from Annie was that Mikey was going to Eugene with his mother and that she would call me later. She called me around three oclock and I argued with her but it was useless. She is a pig-headed bitch that does not realize what she is doing to that kid. I really feel like I have had about all I can take of that whole mixed bunch of bitches. I would really like to do something positive for Mikey but it is pretty hard to do when they are pulling in opposite directions. I guess I might as well get over it. I am pretty much powerless to do much except grunt and groan. I think she needs to be reminded that I am spending some money but it can be stopped. I should have taken that card down there and not mailed it. They got the money so they can do whatever the hell she feels like doing.

After I am calmed down I called Katie at five oclock and talked briefly to Mikey. He seemed tough enough and took the news quietly. I asked to talk to Katie and I told her that I was finished arguing. But I did want to tell her that I was attempting to give Mikey some support because I thought it was something I could do in Michael’s memory. I told her it took a lot of work to raise a child. She has done all right. But I was volunteering additional financial and personal guidance to Mikey. And that support had to be on a regular basis as well as visits or it was of no consequence. I was offering it to her but I was not Mikey’s playmate or diversion that was a reward for good behavior or anything else. If my support was accepted it was expected that the support would include regular visits with him. She said she agreed. She said I did not have to give financial support and that he did have other support. I told her I understood that but my support was different than any other person could give him because I was a special person and he had no one like me in his life and I would not tell her again. I said I would expect to spend some time with him next week. She said she agreed. She says we may have to move to Eugene because it is so expensive in Portland. She says I cannot live with my mother and we will try it in Eugene for a while. I said I understand and probably and better than you could imagine. I said I would like to talk to Mikey again. She passed me off to Mikey and I told him I was really disappointed but it was not the end of life and that I was planning on seeing him next week. I asked him if I should call him tomorrow and he said yes definitely. So I will call him tomorrow.