PRESENT

Fathers Day was a good day for all. Mike enjoyed watching the golf and the rest of us swam and played games. Yesterday he was tired, but he did go to work and did so today. It is good to keep your mind stimulated. It tires him out, but in a good way. It also gives me a chance to do my own thing. He does need to get a good nights sleep which it doesn't seem to be happening.

PAST

The going away parties started and seem to go on forever. It made it hard to leave, but we did gradually. I still had weddings back in LA to take care of and that would last until the end of summer. Alex and Bobby were about to change their lives with a new school. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. Bobby made friends on the first day. Alex was a different story. Alex was and has always been so sweet. The girls at the new middle school were not so sweet. She cried on a daily basis. Me being back in LA was a nightmare. I never knew how cruel girls could be. I had also told my kids never to use their uncle Wayne as leverage. Well about 3 weeks of being shunned was long enough for me. I figured if she couldn't make friends with the girls, become friends with the boys the girls would come around later. In other words pull out the big guns. Tell the boys she was Wayne Gretzky's niece. It is amazing how one can become popular through association. The girls came soon after. We were on track to a new life.