I am sitting here deciding which bills to put off til I get my money back. I checked the retirement website and one thing better here than Texas is that they issue you a check within three weeks of you issuing then a refund request. Then later if more has been deposited they issue a second check. That won’t help me this month if it goes that far—but unlike Texas it won’t be three months, so that helps bit. I just have to keep everyone at bay unless I can make them change it. I think it is POSSIBLE the threat of an attorney might do it since they issued it to me in writing and this is what they do for all employees. I have a case. I plan to win.

I dreamed about being at Tyler Metro and Pastor Jerry up on stage, coming into the service. He said a couple things that just hit home and made everything better. It wouldn't make any sense to write because there would be a log story behind it, but it was nice.

Dinner last night was fabulous. Terry is my kind of eater so all she did was gush over all the food. It turned out well and she was loving it. Darrell tried to eat all he could, but he is the pickiest eater!!! It was so funny, but I knew that. We just laughed at him all night. Terry told me make what I want and give him a side of meat sauce! So I bought him a can of Vons meat sauce and made US gourmet food. They brought flowers—pink roses in a mixed bouquet. It was very nice. We get along VERY well whenever we talk. The only issue with them is ever getting to see them, especially together, but I LOVE being with them. We see things eye to eye in almost every are. That is rare. So the conversation was great.

We reminisced about the old youth group days and stuff—I had a big old collage I had made YEARS ago in Texas or my life here and they were in lots of it so we looked at that. The rain fell outside, it was cozy inside. A perfect evening.

Of course we prayed. Wait, let me correct, Terry prayed, Darrell agreed, and Susan cried. I guess that is par for the course-maybe was even the catalyst in my epiphany. They didn’t leave til almost 11, but it felt like they had only been here an hour.

It is going to be so much better visiting them every few months when I live in Texas again. Funny thing is, I think I knew that all along.