Im here

I don't mean to be gone for so long. I just don't think I have much to say, until I start writing on here. Ive done a bunch of stuff since I was here last. and i do check in to your pages and try to leave comments. it seems what you all have to say is more interesting to me right now. but my knee is on ice right now, so for a few minutes, I will check in.

the best thing I have done in a really long time I did last weekend. I got to go to San Francisco to a real Opera house, the Orpheum I think it was and saw Wicked. its a play about the witches of the Wizard of Oz. It was amazing! I was asked if i wanted to go with my best friend at work and her sister. the hospital where her sister works gets group events together and they go and have fun. I was so happy to get invited to this. and the whole thing was almost magical. I love plays. the singing in this was amazing. the acting was amazing. and guess who was in it. Patty Duke. yep. it was cool. and even better, we took two storer buses so we didn't have to drive or find parking. Just show up at the hospital and get on the bus. i hope they do this again. if i ever get to go to another big play like this, I'm gonna pay the extra to sit closer. I just want ot see the difference.

i spent last sunday working on a quilt I'm making for the folks of our local vfw. its a memory quilt and its gonna take me a while to finish, I haveot pick out a bunch of pictures of all the ones i have taken and have them put onto transfer paper then put those onto the quilt blocks. I was gonna print them a t home, but the ink would run out too fast. I'm gonna call kinkos ands see if they do it for me if I bring in the transfer paper. I'm also putting together a photo album for them. this little project is starting to cost more than I figured. its a good thing I am spreading out the costs. it would drain me if I tried to buy everything at once. its almost all done though, I just have to get it all toghter.

Ive been writing to alex and have only received two letters from him. I know he doesnt have as much free time as I do, but every letter makes me feel so good. these are probably the first letters he has ever written. I cant wait to see him. we have our car all rented, and our hotel reserved. we are right on the riverwalk. its supposed to be really nice there. I bought a new bathing suit, and I need to get a little smaller to get into it. I was hoping i could use it there in the texas heat. we may not have the time. two days are going to be at the base, and then saturday and sunday we can take alex off base. I am really looking for ward to seeing the change in him.

well, i think thats it for now. I need to get the ice off my knee, and mop my floors and dust. I want to get this done today so the weekend is free. i have a bunch of stuff i want to get done, and that will give me the time to do it. so all of you have a great weekend. and I will too, ok.