It's Wednesday night...

Hi everyone! I'm really kindof fascinated by this blog business. But I do have to fess up that I've been doing quick sneak peeks to see if anyone has posted, without posting myself. Told Annie that this was my week to communicate, so here I am! Just finished "my night" -- I'm here till 8p.m. on Wednesdays, but have Thursdays off so figure my day off starts now. Promised myself a trip to Lincoln to sell (and buy? after all you always get more credit than cash...) books, use some Christmas gift cards and get a new pair of jeans last Thursday, but like Annie said in her postscript, we had quite a snowstorm and the interstate was closed till 3:30. Tomorrow is my snow date and I'm really looking forward to it.

John worked construction for a few weeks after he quit the bus garage, then helped his friend pick up a CO2 pump in Georgia and hauled it back to the oil well in Kansas over Thanksgiving weekend. Then when we went in to check on health insurance the first part of December he took a bunch of papers out of his folder and a resume came out with them, to make a long story short he accepted a job as a field rep for Thrivent Financial on Dec. 12. So he's been studying for two months for his licenses, got insurance, takes the exam for securities this Friday. I think he'll like it when he gets through all this studying stuff (it's been a long time). It's pretty much different than what he's used to but he's looking forward to it, I think maybe partly because of that. I do feel underdressed most days now that he's wearing a jacket and tie everyday.

We put our acreage on the market in January (by owner), had quite a few calls, six or seven lookers, keep telling ourselves that it just takes the right person. I'm more apprehensive than he is about moving to town. Agreed that we spend most of our time in town anyway, but I'm the stodgy one. I keep dangling carrots out in front of myself...little things first, like new towels...then bigger, like, we're young enough, we can find another place in the country in a few years. Guess I'm not much into life changing. We lost Mitch, my (all of ours) dog buddy for 13 years the day after Christmas to failed kidneys. That kind of got to me. He loved it out there. So John buried him on the hill overlooking the pond. Hey Annie, could you post his picture for me?

I've been reading like a fiend so Steve will try to get you any new favorite books or authors like I promised months ago. One that fell into my bag at the book sale that I liked and can think of right now is Homer Kelly by Jane Langton. He's a professor detective.

Looking forward to a True Value trip to Chicago on the 22nd of this month. Only Thursday through Sunday, but they're fun as well as work and it helps to get some enthusiasm worked up for the job, (and some really nice meals!)

I won't wait so long to write again. Jason, be safe! Love you all, Suz