JIMMY LEFT FOR KINTOCK

HI EVERYBODY!

JIMMY LEFT FOR KINTOCK A LITTLE WHILE AGO...HE TOOK THE 6PM BUS BACK TO KINTOCK....HE WAS NOT APPROVED FOR A 2-NIGHT LEAVE, PROBABLY DUE TO THE HOLIDAY FACTOR, I'M SURE KINTOCK WANTS ALL THEIR RESIDENTS BACK ON SUNDAY NIGHT.........WELL, IT'S OK, AS WE HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME!

JIMMY'S NEXT DAY OFF IS THIS TUESDAY  (DAY AFTER TOMORROW).  HE IS HOPING TO GET HIS FURLOUGH HOME APPROVED FOR TUESDAY.......OTHERWISE, HIS NEXT DAY OFF WON'T BE FOR 10 OR MORE DAYS.  SO, HE WILL PAY HIS RESIDENT FEES TOMORROW, WITH A MONEY ORDER, AND HOPE HE COMES HOME AGAIN ON TUESDAY.   ONE IMPORTANT REASON HE WANTS TO COME HOME TUESDAY, IS SO HE CAN TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL, TO HAVE A MEDICAL PROBLEM OF MINE LOOKED INTO....IT IS NOT A REAL BIG THING, BUT MY HUSBAND WANTS IT LOOKED AT, AND TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE THINGS GET WORSE.(it is related to last year's septic shock).   HE WANTED TO TAKE ME TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TODAY, BUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL TODAY, SINCE HE HAD TO GET BACK EARLY.

AND SO, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT YESTERDAY...........WE MADE LOTS OF FOOD.......A 14 LB. TURKEY WITH STUFFING, FRESH CRANBERRY SAUCE, SAUTEED MUSHROOMS, SALAD AND OLIVES, SWEET POTATOES WITH MARSHMALLOWS, CHEDDAR CHEESE ROLLS, MASHED POTATOES....later , i made the coffee......THE PUMPKIN PIE IS STILL IN THE FRIDGE.  IT NEVER MADE IT'S WAY OUT!

JIMMY LOVED THE TURKEY, AND SAID IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL...I WAS LIKE MARTHA STEWART....IT WAS GOLDEN IN COLOR, AND VERY MOIST.........AND, HE ALWAYS COMPLIMENTS ME ON MY COFFEE!...............WELL. I HAVE A WONDERFUL HUSBAND, AS HE SERVED EVERYTHING, AND AFTERWARDS CLEARED THE TABLE, AND EVEN WASHED THE DISHES.   WHEN JIMMY LEAVES HERE, ON HIS WAY BACK TO KINTOCK, HE LEAVES THE WHOLE HOUSE SPOTLESS, WITH GARBAGE TAKEN OUT, ETC...........WE GOT UP AT 10 AM, AND SAT AND TALKED AND TOOK CARE OF SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT KEEP A HOUSEHOLD RUNNING PROPERLY.....JIMMY TOOK PRINCE FOR 7 OR 8 WALKS, AND HE WAS SO EXCITED, BUT NIOW HE IS SOUND ASLEEP.

I'M A LITTLE TIRED NOW, AND WILL REST FOR A WHILE....HOWEVER, I DON'T HAVE THAT "DRAINED FEELING, " THAT I DID IN THE BEGINNING.  I FEEL HAPPY, AND CONTENT TO HAVE A WONDERFUL MARRIAGE ANDHUSBAND..A MARRIAGE THAT HAS ONLY GOTTEN BETTER SINCE WE GOT MARRIED 5 YEARS AGO............I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES US "TICK."  THAT IS, WE HAVE AN UNUSUAL MARRIAGE THAT NOT ONLY SURVIVED PRISON WALLS, BUT ONLY MATURED........JIMMY BEING IN KINTOCK, A HALF-WAY HOUSE HAS HELPED HIM BECOME EVEN A MORE WONDERFUL MAN.....................................FRAN