HI EVERYONE!

JIMMY JUST CALLED, AND HE IS DOING GOOD........HE IS ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT ME AND THE ANIMALS.......HE ASKED ME WHAT I ATE, AND I HAD TO TELL HIM THE TRUTH....I MADE SOMETHING HE LOVES AND MAKES OFTEN.....ELBOW MACARONI WITH BEEF FRIED IN ONIONS...I GUESS IT IS SORT OF AN ITALIAN THING!...I HAVE NEVER MADE IT IN THE 3 YEARS HE HAS BEEN IN PRISON...SUDDENLY, TODAY I GOT THE URGE FOR IT..........THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE ON THE SAME WAVE LENGTH, AND JIMMY SAYS HE WAS THINKING ABOUT IT EARLIER......

JIMMY CAN'T WAIT TILL HE SEES THE OFICIALS TOMORROW, WITH THE OUTCOME...THEY WILL LET HIM KNOW IF HE WAS GUILTY OF BREAKING THE RULES....HE SHOULD BE MEETING WITH THEM AROUND 8:30 AM, BUT HE CAN'T CALL ME TILL THE LATE AFTERNOON, WITH THE OUTCOME.  THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL HIM JUST WHERE THEY WILL BE SENDING HIM NEXT.......

THE OWNER OF THE FOOD STORE WHERE JIMMY WAS WORKING (IGA...A LARGE FOOD STORE CHAIN), CALLED ME THE OTHER DAY, TO SEE IF I WAS OKAY.  HER WORDS WERE, " EVEN THOUGH YOUR HUSBAND IS IN PRISON, I CAN ONLY TRUST AND DEPEND ON HIM FOR RUNNING THE STORE."

THE MANAGER EVEN TOLD ME THAT HE THREATENED TO QUIT, IF JIMMY WAS NOT BROUGHT BACK THER...

SO, I GUESS THAT IS TELLING YOU SOMETHING ABOUT MY HUSBAND.

RIGHT NOW, THE MANAGER AND OWNER ARE WORKING DOUBLY HARD...EVEN THIS IS UNFAIR TO THEM.........JIMMY'S JOB ENTAILED ORDERING SOMETHING LIKE HALF OF THE FOOD SUPPLIES IN THAT STORE........CANNED AND BOXED GOODS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, BREAD....TO MENTION A FEW.......ORDERING MUST BE DONE  3 TIMES/ WEEK.......THE SHELVES MUST BE STOCKED WITH SUPPLIES........................AND NOW, 3 WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, IGA IS LAEFT WITHOUT AN ASSISTANT MANAGER...........THIS IS UNFAIR, NOT ONLY TO MY HUSBAND, AND THE OWNER, AND MANAGER, BUT ALL PEOPLE WORKING THERE.............JIMMY WAS TELLING ME THERE ARE LOTS OF PREGNANT CASHIERS, FAMILY MEN AND WOMEN...WORKING IN STOCK ROOMS, DELI....THE LIST GOES ON AND ON..............GOD FORBID THAT THEY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE STORE, MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE OUT OF JOBS AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, ON TOP OF IT ALL...........I THINK THE WHOLE SITUATION IS VERY UNFAIR..........

GOOD-NIGHT EVERYONE!                 FRAN