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October 29, 2004
October 29, 2004—Got to talk to Joey
Good morning to everyone out there! I am so very happy and relieved. After almost 3 weeks of unreturned phone calls, I finally got to talk to my sweet baby last night for a bit. He’s doing really good. A little homesick, but Michigan is chock full of relatives, so I know he’s in great hands. He’s going to be Peter Pan for Halloween, which I was when I was little. I told him that and he said, “no, mama, I’m going to be Peter Pan, it’s my costume.” He’s still not fully getting the concept that I was little once too, even though I’ve shown him pictures and everything… Oh well. He’s doing pretty good in school still, but I’m having trouble finding the school’s website. I’d like to be able to call his teacher and talk to her about Joseph and make sure he’s where he needs to be for this year. His reading has been a bit of a struggle and I just want to keep her informed and vice versa. It’s extremely hard for me to hand that control over to his father. He’s a good dad, but he has never really been interested in Joey’s school work and this is the first time that Scott has ever had to worry about enrolling Joseph is school and stuff. He left when Joey was 2 1/2 , so he just really has no clue how to do all the extra stuff. His new wife has 3 grown children, so I’m sure she’s handling most of it herself. That’s perfectly fine with me because I know she has his best interests at heart and she really does do a good job with him.
I told him that Brannen and I got married and he was happy and sad. He had his little heart set on being the ring bearer and he wasn’t there for it. So, when we bring him out to Oregon, we’ll have a mock ceremony, dress up and let him carry the rings for us. Brannen said that was a great idea and we’ll have Larry play the preacher so Joey can feel like he did his part. It’ll mean the world to him, so I’m more than happy to do it for him. :) I wrote him a letter yesterday and sent out some of the wedding pictures so he can at least see some of it. I really do feel bad that he couldn’t be there, but we’ll make it up to him.
I’m still dealing with the courts in Michigan to try and get child support from Scott. He’s up to $7100.00 now and hasn’t made a payment since June. It kills me that he even complains about not making enough money. He’s getting a first hand taste of what’s it’s REALLY like to have to raise a kid. But, now that he’s married, he still doesn’t have to really do it on his own. I don’t really want his money while he’s taking care of Joseph, but I would like to see him held responsible for not making payments again. And this $7100.00 is only for the last 3 years. I hate to think of the poor families (not all dad’s are the ones who don’t pay—my dad was a single dad for more than a year while raising my sister and I.) that are owed thousands and thousands of dollars and never see a dime of it. I really wish there was a way to improve the system.
I just found out that they are having a going away party for me next Wednesday. This is the first job that I’ve ever had a going away party for, even companies that I’ve worked at for several years never had one. It’s really very sweet. I’m going to miss working here a lot. It’s been so much fun. I love the professors I get to work with on a daily basis and they are like a bunch of second moms and grandmas to me.
Well, this will be my second to last entry before I head out on the road. My last day at work is November 5, and my last day in Indiana is November 6. We are so excited to get all our ducks in a row and get on the road. After much hemming and hawing, we have decided to take our cat, Molly, with us. My sister Renee was going to watch her, but we have had a severe falling out (again, what else is new?) and I think Molly will be much happier with us. We’ll just have to find room in the car for her. She’s never really had a problem traveling in the car, so it should be okay. The only thing I don’t like is that she’ll have to sleep in our spare tent until we can get the teepee picked up in Utah. After that, we’ll have more than enough room for her and since she’s been declawed front and back, we know she won’t scratch up the fabric of either one. She’s such a sweet baby girl. She’s more of a man’s cat and she’ll come up and sit on Brannen’s lap and she’ll put her butt on my leg, as if telling me that I’m invading her space. It’s hilarious! She’s 6 years old and a tabby with a raccoon colored tail. I love her to pieces. She comes when you call her, doesn’t jump on the counters and sleeps with us every night. She’ll just walk up to us (or even complete strangers) and start rubbing her face on your leg and purring her little heart out. If you hold her cat brush in front of her, she’ll come over to it and mash her face against it. It used to freak us out because we were afraid that she’d tear her little gums to shreds, but she loves it! The only problem that we have is that she can only eat Iams cat food because she’ll get a Urinary Tract Infection if she eats anything else. We’re just hoping that the stress of being on the road for a few weeks won’t be too hard on her system and make her have another UTI. She should be okay though, because she loves to just be held and that’s probably what we’ll do with her on the road.
Other than that, everything else is going pretty good. Brannen and I have been staying with his mom and the arrangement has worked out pretty good, seeing the problems that she and I used to have. She’s mellowed out a LOT and she’s actually fun to hang out with. She’s actually hilarious at times! Well, I’ll update next Friday before I actually head out on the road. I’ll try and update while on the road if we can find a library that has internet access.
Love to all,
Rachel—ready to head west!
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