PRESENT

Trying to keep Mike on an upward swing hasn't been the easiest thing to do lately. I also have been trying to track down the results of Alex's biopsy. Today I called another office not her doctors to get results. This is the actual office of were she had the procedure done. They had no record of her. The time difference has put me calling at the wrong times. They were suppose to call me back. By the time I called there office it was closed at 3:00 pm shit now I have to wait until Monday. I do have good moments like when my friends Mimi and Doug sent us a large weeping Buddha. You rub it's back and it is suppose to take your sorrows away. I will be rubbing the hell out of his back. I have such great friends. I love being around them and remembering the easier times we have had together. I am really looking forward to going on my trip, to Hawaii and then to LA. Jenni and Jeff are with friends in Denver now. Alex has turned her two week notice at work. Pretty soon we will have our whole family together. I am super excited.

PAST

The house hunting was a nightmare. We were looking at 500,000 dollar fixer uppers. Our friend Gary was trying to get us to move over to Phoenix. He was running a golf course over there. There was also Wayne getting involved with the hockey team the Coyotes. It was a perfect fit. The only problem was nobody really wanted to live over there again. It is hotter than hell in the summer and there isn't a whole lot to do. It took many years to convince me that it was going to be a good move. We started to 2 day trips over just to see what it was like. The real estate market was great. We could get so much brand new for practically nothing. Alex and Bobby were doing quite poorly in school. I know it was because Mike and I were hardly home. I was starting to worry they would get in trouble. Bobby was in grade school and Alex was in middle school. This is time were your kids could easily go in two different directions. It was a crossroad in our life and we were about to choose the path.