Happy Birthday Jonathan Cain...

Hi Steve,

How are you doing?  I hope your week is off to an excellent start.  I've been painting our kitchen and now I only have 2 walls left to finish. (Been doing 2 coats of each wall).  I also painted both doors that lead outside, and they turned out great.  Other than that, my week has been rather boring so far.

I know you probably realize it's Jonathan's birthday today, but I figured I should say something nice about him.  (Yes, I am aware that it was Neal's birthday the other day too...)  However, (here's the nice thing), I like Jon better.  He's no peach, I know, (Lora told me that she went over to his place once while they were dating, and he slammed the door in her face).  Nice.  But, at least he has SOME class SOME of the time.  I do love his piano playing too.  Turning his back on YOU, however, just because Neal did, kinda seems childish and lame to me.  Maybe he's a turd, I don't know.  But hey, happy birthday.

You know who I would like to know about more, out of all the boys of Journey?  Ross.  He is Mister Mysterious.  Ross is the smartest one of the bunch, keeping his mouth shut, keeping his life private, and just doing his job. He doesn't play politics, he doesn't kiss ass, he doesn't rock the boat.  He just shows up, plays, and goes home.  Smart dude.  I've always liked him.  In fact, he was my friend Melva's favorite.

Well in other news...I've been on this detox diet all week with Pete, and so far I have lost 10 pounds.  Yeah, in one week.  Not too shabby, huh?  It's based on a book entitled "The Blood Sugar Solution," by Dr. Mark Hyman.  I want to rid myself of Diabetes, once and for all.  I want to take as few medications as absolutely necessary, and I want to be thinner and energized.  My A1C (average blood glucose level for 3 months), is at 6.1.  If it reaches 6.0 or under, diabetes is GONE.  I'm THAT CLOSE.  So, I figure if I can lose 40 pounds, I'll be well under the danger zone of diabetes.

I just have to stop eating sugar as often, (small doses), and cut out most wheat flour products (which is pretty much in EVERYTHING, even SOUPS), and no bread, potatoes, or carbs of any kind.  Oh, and no caffeine or artificial sweeteners.  Yeah, I know, what the hell is LEFT?!!  Not much.  Salads, fruit and veggies mostly, and meat and cheese.  I did splurge today and I had a 35 calorie slice of toast with my egg, onion, green pepper, & cheese omelette and bacon for dinner.

So this week was detox, drinking a lot of water, and making sure I have things like cottage cheese with pineapple for a snack rather than a donut, ya know?  You've never been overweight, you lucky slob, so you probably don't have to think about what to eat at all.   I am not HORRIBLY overweight, but definitely can lose 40 pounds and look awesome, like I once did before moving to DC.  Stress really kills me, it makes me eat, and I have a horrible sweet tooth.

Well anyway, that's about all that's going on in my neck of the woods.

My friend Kim called me the other day and mentioned that there is a rumor floating around-----yeah, so what else is new-----that you may have a new album coming out in October AND you might even tour.  I told her that would be awesome if it were true.  Somebody else on Facebook asked the hypothetical question of how much money would you spend on a concert ticket if Steve did in fact tour?  My answer was, "$1,500.00 for front row center, including a back stage pass."  I think that's fair, don't you?  I would pay more if I had to, you know that.  You HAVE to know, all these gaggly women out here in Steve Perry-worship-land would probably re-mortgage their HOUSES for a ticket.

But I'll stick with $1,500.  If you make me ooze in all the right places, I'll give ya $2,000.  *WINK*

(By the way, you have always made me ooze in all the right places my friend).  But, consider that your TIP, for all those oozy happy fun times you've given me in my life.  (Yeah, I hear your brain saying,"SNIFF, a measly $500 buck tip for 30 YEARS of ooze?!")   Well, I'm not RICH like YOU are, ya know!  I GUESS I could repay you with sexual favors if you demand it.  Oh woe is me!!! Hehehehehehehehe I'm such a stinker sometimes, ain't I?!  But, that's what makes me so gosh-darned LOVABLE don'tchaknow.

On that note, I'm off to the wild blue yonder.  Love you more than the sun, moon, stars, and WAYYYYY MORE than every scumbag politician in the GOP who should be shot in the face with a bazooka and sent to the moon for all the shenanigans they are causing.  Friday will be interesting.  Watch the fireworks fly when they screw up our country even more than it already is with this sequester crap.

Bye for now.

Love, Rebecca