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Brought Cooper with me again, and of course we spent most of our time at the “Castle Park.”  We also brought Jenna her new glasses so she can actually see now (I tried them on and man she must be BLIND without them, although she is not one to complain, about that anyway).  I got ridiculously sick, had a fever for two days running, cold sweats, etc.

We are going back the weekend of the 24th.  I was planning on going back the weekend of the 17th but the inlaws want to take Cooper to Birmingham that weekend for a party, so we bumped the Jenna visit to the next one.

Jenna herself is doing really great.  It was so awesome to have Cooper with us, as we got to be our little family unit all weekend.  As I have mentioned before, that is what I lament the most, that Jenna doesn’t get to be with Cooper and vice versa.  Anyway, more later…

Cake 1:

Cake 2:

I got to go get Jenna and bring her back here for five days, for Cooper’s birthday, which we just celebrated with family on the day itself.  Then we had another party the following weekend for his little friends at chunky cheese’s.  Cooper had a great time and so did Jenna while she was here.  The first cake was a prototype for the second, larger one.  Cooper wanted carrot cake with a spongebob on a blue background.  Im a DIY kinda guy so I took a shot (or two) at it myself rather than spend $$ at a bakery…

On a more heavy topic, I saw a news report the other night about a family who’s little daughter’s life was saved because they had heard about Natasha Richardson’s death, and the circumstances around it.  What happened was, the father was hitting golf balls and accidentally beaned his little daughter in the temple.  The little girl was fine for a day or two, but then started complaining about a headache i think the second night at bedtime.  The mom had seen the Richardson story on TV and decided to play it safe by going to the emergency room.  The girl was rushed into brain surgery where a slow-bleed subdural hematoma was patched up and the little girl’s life was saved, literally at the last moment.  If they hadn’t brought her in on complaint of that headache, she never would have woken up the next morning.

All I can say to all that is, the Richardson family can take a small bit of comfort in that Natasha’s death, and the media coverage of it, absolutely and concretely saved that little girl’s life.   Nothing more to say about that beyond the obvious (wipes tear)…

The “castle park” was closed both Saturday and Sunday, but we did get to go to his favorite restaurant, Golden Corral.  He likes it because of the soft-serve ice cream machine, but we are going to have to find another place to go because it is just awful, horrible food.  The place was busy as hell, however.  I can’t really make any judgements about the lousy taste in food of those people since I was there too, but it will be the LAST time we go.  Just awful.

I really miss “Fresh Choice” out in California.  They have one in Chicago I think, but that is a bit of a drive for just a salad…

Anyway, Jenna was sad to see us leave, but I’ll be back to pick her up on Friday to bring her back to Indiana for Cooper’s birthday.

I got her a giant 14″ clock that has the date in month, date, day format built into it in a digital display, which should help her to keep track of what day it is, as that is one thing she is always asking me.  I am constantly telling her to write things down, such as when she makes or recieves a phone call, when she takes her meds, goes to a therapy session, etc., and the new clock should make it easier to keep track of those things.  It is one thing she is going to need to be doing if she is ever going to be able to leave that place.

more later.

Please pass the link along to anyone you know who can Believe with me.  Thank you.

I know my previous post was weird.  Something is working though, because I am almost DONE with the alabama HELLhouse.  I expect to be out of here FOREVER by monday or so.  Jenna and I still talk several times per day.  She told me today that someone in her old building hung himself somehow, and that hit home for me since I have been suicidal for some time now.  That actually has improved.  The whole stepping back thing was a necessary step so that I can move on and be Cooper’s daddy.  So much has gone on, and I just look forward to moving on.  Like I said before, Jenna has no idea about the change in me.  I still treat her the same, except I am if anything more positive towards her; I just don’t get into the micromanagement of details anymore.  I bought a power inverter for the car so I can run the laptop on the go now, so that is how I am getting online at the moment.  It is amazing how many unsecured ‘nets there are in this neighborhood!  It is now almost 10:30 and it has to be 85+ degrees and 90+% humidity here in HELLabama….  I cant wait to leave here for good!