The phrase for today is – Wow. Just – Wow. West End fair is next week and my parents are going a little crazy. I'm just getting really nervous because I also start school next week. According to my parents we may have lost two of our trailer locations that we’ve held for over 20 years. Mom’s been on the phone all day yelling at people. She just said if she doesn’t get her one location for the Oscar the rat game she’s going to go in with a truck and physically remove what ever it is that's in its spot…the scary thing is people should believe her. So still on the topic of West End I should note that you should all consider me dead from Sunday until Sunday of that time frame August 28th to September 4th. Because I wont be online and even if you do get me on the phone I’ll only be able to for a few min unless you catch me at the perfect time (the ride to/from work , or the bathroom.) Here’s how that week is going to break down for me time wise. Saturday 27th- Tare down in Philly. Move trailers. Sleep when possible. Shower ASAP and pack food for on the lot Sunday morning. Get home 6 is. Sunday 28th – Leave for work 8 ish. Drink lots of coffee sleep 1-2 hrs in truck if possible and work all day long. Monday 29th – Leave for school no later than 10:00 (YEAH I GET TO SLEEP IN!). Intro to business organization 11:10- 12:31. Office Procedures 12:45 – 2:06. Go home eat, etc. Possibly go out to West End to give breaks if have sufficient time. 5:45 leave to get to school. Introduction to Philosophy 6:15 – 9: 11. Go home. Lay out clothing for next day. Sleep as much as possible. Tuesday 30th – Leave for school no later than 8:30. Interpersonal Communication 9:35 – 10:56. As soon as class is over pick up lunch and head to West End. Since I technically don’t have to start work until 4:00 according to mom’s roster. I'm going to just get there ASAP and do my walking and visiting I would normally do in the morning when we’re not that busy. Start work at 4:00. Work till 12:00. Go home. Sleep. Wednesday 31st – Leave for school no later than 10:00. Intro to Bus. Organization 11:10 – 12:31. Office Procedures 12:45- 2:06. As soon as class I over. Pick up lunch and head to work. Work starts at 4:00. Work till 12:00. Go home sleep. Pack clothing. Thursday 1st- Leave for school no later than 8:00. Interpersonal Communications 9:35 – 10:56. Pick up food. Get to carnival. Do walking around, etc. Work starts 4:00. Work till 12. Pending ok from various bosses, stay on the lot with Simone and Pam to visit and play catch up. Sleep at some point. Friday 2nd- Get up 8-ish to get to work. Carnival opens at 12:00. Walk around until 10:00. Visit ppl. Hang out until family shows up. Work 12:00 – 12:00. Hopefully get a break at some point. Saturday 3rd- work 12- 12. Tare Down. Die. Sunday 4th- Sleep. Die. Monday 5th- Human life begins again. So yeah. As of Monday the 5th you are all free to contact me again with out the fear of me bursting into tears mid conversation. This week we’re currently working was supposed to be a total dud and surprise! Its busy. AHHH Craziness! ~*~ In Family Related News – Mom’s Brother’s Kids. Beth the oldest of three sisters gave birth yesterday (August 23rd ) a month early to a baby boy. Who weighted 4 lbs. 15 oz. Anthony Nelson Leon Jr. Olivia is still getting married in October. Exact date still unknown. She’s 8wks pregnant. (middle sister) Stephanie is pregnant but doesn’t know how far along she is yet. (youngest sister) Mom’s Sister’s Kid (one of two) – Millie is still working on house plans. She found out there’s some work that needs to be done on the roof and some wiring inside the house so she’s negotiating with the family that owns it now about splitting costs etc. Pray for her that everything works out right. Pray really hard. Please note mom actually has four sisters and one brother. She’s the youngest girl (lucky number 5) and her brother is the baby of the family. I'm only mentioning one Sister’s children (Millie’s mom), because , well we don’t talk to one sister b/c she’s a bitch. Another sister b/c she only just stopped being on the run from the law. And the third…is pretty normal. Children wise the bitch’s kids hate our family- its mutual. The one on the run from the law’s kids half are normal and are in the military the other half hate us. And the third “normal” (not really) sister’s kids are pretty normal too. Don’t hear too much about them. So the ones mentioned today are ones that have stuff going on that I wanted to share. The rest are being boring right now. My Immediate Family – Joe and Dawn are still debating days for a wedding in spring. I'm waiting to hear about the reception hall they went to see on Sunday when they should have been at Knoebles with us. Mom starts school the week after West End fair. Dad doesn’t like Gumby. . . I don’t care. Me- I lost 2 lbs. this week. (256.5 as of today). That's all for now. ~ Cranky and work hasn’t even started yet!