Dear Sammy

3-26-08

Dear Sam…..
Just a short note before I have to head out for work…. I am kinda having a streak of bad luck! It started with Gabe being sentenced, then coming home from Molalla from Easter Sunday my car broke down on a country road and we had to have it towed in…. costing way more than I expected….. So now I have a broken car and no money to fix it! Then last night after riding the bus home from working all day (2 hour ride one way) I came home to a sticker on the door that my water was shut off! When I placed the clothes in the dryer that were already wet the dryer broke…… GOOD GOD! Can I cop a break… I know you would trade me in a minute for my problems but some days I just can’t seem to shake this dark cloud that follows me! My husband is finally working a full time job WAHOOOOOO! But the checks have not started coming yet, and he is still doing his hypnosis on the side! Gabe said he saw you on the way back from the dentist…. He said it made you both smile big…. He cannot call me from there because I do not have a land line. I do know that once he gets sentenced somewhere (oh I hope with you!) I will add another cell phone to my plan it is important you tell your folks this. No matter where they send you if you get a cell in that community your calls will then be considered local and the cost will only run around $1.75 for 15 minutes. If you have to call long distance it goes up to about $3.00 a minute. Sooooooo, something to think about. I need your dad to call me…. You must think I am retarded for asking for the number so many times, but that was another piece of my misfortune, I dropped my phone and it broke into four pieces, adding yet another keen unexpected expense to my ever so fragile financial situation. So I lost all the numbers I had in my phone….lucky me! I am looking for a part time job, but then I decided that for three years I supported my husband while he ventured out in his own practice… I want the freedom to go see Gabe this summer, so I am not going to be looking for anything till fall. I have also looked into campgrounds so that when I go to see Gabe I can camp. What fun and inexpensive way to do it. If you get sent to Snake your parents really need to call me. I have some great info for them. I found this lady who has a bed and breakfast for families at snake. She only charges $20.00 and will drive them to and from the prison. And I have more, up my sleeve, just call me Miss resourceful. I am going to have to see how I can come see you as a spiritual mentor since I am ordained…. I can’t see Gabe under those terms (because I am his mom) but I should be able to see you that way. Ask them how can your minister come see you and does it count against visiting and such? Well I better wrap this up go stand in the pouring rain and hop the 33 into town for work…. Be good, I know your mail is limited but I am not going anywhere…. I have two boys down, so you are stuck with me, and all my bad luck to boot!
The Momster….
Mars