I'M SO EXCITED!

I'm so excited!...So many wonderful things have been happening!   My birthday was July 1st, and I got the best news that day...Jimmy will be going to the evaluation center on Tuesday or Thursday, of this upcoming week.  So today, I will happily go to the store and get his toilitres.  Then later today I will get his clothes and shoes out of the closet.  I will call Larry, his friend, and tell him to come here and pick his stuff up...my gosh!  I can't believe this is happening!.......I have stopped sending him any mail, as he will be leaving.  I have the road directions.  He may not go to Trenton, but I think they changed their mind and he will go to Kearney, New Jersey.

I have never been an idle person in life, so now I have a small job I do at home on computer and phone.  I work around 4-8 hours/day....but can do as much as I like.  I like doing something...being productive...it is keeping me busy.

I still am writing and sending things out for publication.  My Aunt Jo, whose husband died around 3 months ago, has become inspired by my writing.  She calls me almost everyday, and she can't believe how much writing I do for publication.  So now, she has written 3 short essays....inspired by me!....One is "Loneliness,"  "What is Happiness?"...and a third is about the 2 wonderful husbands she had.  I will type them up for her and send them to newspapers/magazines for publication.  The writing is taking her out of the depression she has upon being a recent widow again.  Yes, it is true, writing is good therapy, and I encourage her, and we talk for long hours about it.

On my birthday, Jimmy called me every 2 hours!  He sang happy birthday many times.  I got birthday wishes from around 8 inmates, and even some officers!  One female officer yelled at him for doing this crime, when he has such a nice wife!

Also on my birthday, I got a surprise card, gift and phone call from my other sister, whom hasn't spoken to me in about 1 year.  We talked happily together, as if nothing happened.  She wanted to congratulate me about my publications...and she said she is proud to be the sister of a published author!........Can you imagine!.....LOL. Well I guess it's taken becoming a famous writer for my own sister to begin talking to me!...LOL

Well, I'll say bye for now.  I have to go out and walk...it's such a beautiful day...yesterday I did 1 mile.....

Hope you all keep reading my journal!  Hang in there....life has it's ups and downs....and when you are on an "up", life isn't really bad at all!...............................Fran