Hey, I hope you had a great weekend. The heat wave we've been having around here has finally gone, hallelujah, so now it's in the low 80's and definitely much easier to handle.
Lora put some fun stuff on Facebook earlier, she found a scrapbook and shared a few photos....I don't know if you get on Facebook or not, but here they are, just in case...
She wrote that this is "Big Love," circa 1981, and she was so proud of that Departure t-shirt! (I don't recognize that guy though, not sure who "Big Love" is).
And you, signing autographs....(that hair of yours...holy hannah...and black leather too)!!! Those were the days, huh? Wow, 1981...no cell phones....no Facebook....no Twitter....just land lines, and regular snail mail in a box by the street.
And in this photo, you were giving away one of Neal's guitars to a lucky winner, 1981. I remember that contest, from the fan club newsletter, but I thought, "I wouldn't know what to do with it." So I didn't enter.
Very nice!! She wrote that she had her niece come and meet you too, at age 13....what a cool story! I really like Lora a lot, she's very personable and genuine, a great friend to have. What lucky memories!
Anyway, soooo Pete's kids were here all weekend, and we took his mom (Florence) out with us to a nice lunch at Applebee's which she enjoyed very much, so it was a pretty decent weekend for all. Gave Nathan a pep talk, and I think it helped a little. He's only in his mid-20's, I said, and he needs to give himself a break, he's got a long life ahead, this is just a temporary setback (not able to find a job), and even my best friend Barbara who has 20 years of insurance experience, is still not having much luck in finding a job either.
Nathan had been feeling suicidal at one point, and I told him I've been there, so has my mom, and that the only direction he can go from rock bottom, is UP. It can only get better. Though, at the same time, I reminded him of my Holocaust Survivor friends, and how they taught me that no matter how awful life can get, it can ALWAYS get worse, so count your blessings. He's not in a wheelchair, he's not in an asylum, he's not all alone---he has a family who loves him, he has friends who help, he has people who care, and nobody is going to let him flounder and fail in life.
My mom told him about how her brother killed himself (age 27) and how it affected and STILL affects her now, and when she got down that low, the one thing that kept her from doing it was thinking about her kids, and how WE would be the ones to find her dead, and how awful that would be for us, for the rest of our lives. She couldn't do that to us, she said, and so she decided to keep slogging along, getting stronger and working herself through the depression, crawling out of the abyss. I think this pep talk of ours really made him think, and helped him get a new perspective. I told him that a permanent solution to a temporary problem is just NOT the thing to do, and he agreed, he said that's what Pete told him too.
Lately I have been feeling very tired, probably due to the heat wave. I never seem to get enough REM sleep, according to my Lark that I wear on my wrist at night, which monitors my sleep patterns. I wake up on average about 15 times each night. I am a very light sleeper. I hear every little thing, every noise, etc., probably because of Florence being with us for 3 years. So by the time morning comes, I am still exhausted. Today Pete let me sleep in, and I woke up at 11 a.m........very rare for me. I could crawl back in right now and take another nap, actually. I think I'm just feeling overwhelmed.
Now I'm cleaning the house, washing the sheets and comforters, etc., getting ready for this coming weekend when my sister is here with her husband and 2 boys. Pete's grandkids (CJ and Cameron) are coming also, so we'll have 4 boys running around this place...aaaaaauuuuugggghhhhhh!!! Ahem. I'm trying to figure out a game plan to entertain everybody, since Pete will be working all day on Friday. He invites people from out of state to come visit, then he doesn't even take the damned day off, which annoys me because then it's all on ME to deal with, and frankly it's starting to wear very thin on me.
Our anniversary (of the wedding ceremony) is coming up on the 18th, but I have no idea what kind of gift to get for him. I'll probably just give him a card. I don't know how to do this married stuff. It's all a mystery to me, I just kinda nod and smile and try to get thru the day the best I can.
Well, anyway, I'm off to the wild blue yonder.
But I will write again soon. Love you lots....xoxoxo
----Rebecca ps. I will take lots of pictures this weekend to share with ya.
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