2018 Joy Journal

June 19, 2018 Michael is here today, working with Barry. He's sanding furniture and actually working as Mike's helper, so it is working out fine.  Angela came over for a little bit last night, and I got to be around and watch her laugh while she and her sisters were doing the long-distance Father's Day scavenger hunt with Beverly and JA. 

June 20, 2018 Beth called last night and we got to have a nice phone visit. She said that Zak and Vivian are going to move into the house in September and that the conversations with Rachel about that were easy. She said Zak won't know until late August how his Chevron interview went, but that he wore the suit they got him, and the watch she got him for graduation. She said he was so cute when he opened it --- put it right on and said, "I can wear this to my interview!"  Angela went to Shrimp Basket for supper with us. (Note to me, she does not like seafood. She had the red beans and rice, but she didn't eat a lot of it, so I'm not sure if she liked it.) Anyway, she told us about the Amazon Fire stick, or something like that, and she and Barry talked about Science Fiction shows, etc.  Heard back from Tori. My July stop in at their place might work, or they might be on their way to California to visit Beverly and JA. Heard from Morgan. We're going to h...

June 25, 2018 Writing shack time is important to my well-being for a lot of reasons that I am only just now beginning to understand, so I am glad that I have it, and that I should soon be able to resume it. It keeps me connected to myself, and reassures me that I am weighing in on how my life and my moments are spent, that I have some control over my days and my destiny. This lightning strike is making it hard, and making me realize what I lost.  Andrew came by to see me this morning, and stayed and visited for a little bit. I was really glad to see him, and glad he had time to talk to me and tell me how things are going. He said that he's an engineer, but that he wasn't raised that way, so he talks to everybody, and the people at Disney like him and like working with him, and like the way he talks. They tell him it has to be better somewhere else and he tells them that it is, that all they have to do is get over those mountains. They did get him a project manager, which s...