Good Morning, O Astute and Caring Alpa Bitch (you are entitled to it)Tundra Woman,This morning I am priveledged to be able to write as I have no Plans forthe day.....the battery in my bus was on thie critical list yesterdayand is now at the morgue.  Today VolvoMan will pick up not only a newbattery, but also a voltage regulator and install them both today afterhe goes for his annual physical.  So I am deprived of not only swimming,but fulfilling various tasks...to wit:Bird needs foodcats need worm stufffood on saleshopping for Philip's birthday present, which involves some sort of torquewrench of the gods he needs...one that actually tightens to a specificwidth...I keep asking him to write down the name of this wonderfulinstument so that I will not have to endure the almost unavoidable"uninformed female" syndrome when I purchase it.So, tomorrow I will be extremely busy. This is why we need Pele, who iscurrently in Maine.  Lee called us on Tuesday night...at first I fearedthat Pele had been discovered to have contracted terminal gastritis orsomething, as Lee's tone of voice seemed a bit careful, if you know whatI mean.  But no...not too much wrong with the car, and Max wants to buyit. Forget it.This is now Friday.I have been following with some interest the inchoate yearnings of FeO2Man to be on the road, to see Brooks, to drive to the NW, to escape Dave (who really,really sounds just like Ron Wade, the owner of Gulag Chevs). He sounds like he needs to be in a Frank Capra Movie.
Dave sounds like he could benefit from the use (to himself or from others) of a HotShot Jr.

Screw the the southern wedding and come out here....give me a reason to live while I am not working.  Drive the Goddess west....
Tomorrow we are journeying to Eugene to visit the most expensive little baby west of the pecos....my other car, whom I shall probably never see again, and shall have a new career as  a garage queen...I shall be so scared to drive it...of course, we have no garage.  The car will be painted, finally.  This only leaves the WHOLE rest of it to be put back together, which means that maybe by June the little mutha will be fit to drive.  Ye gods!
Went to the Dr last week....just got the labs back...what have I been doing to my cholosterol???  Execising for six months hasn't put a dent in it....must be the european cookies before bed...must seriously attend to this.

We found some houses at $160000 on Whidbey Island....just the right price.  Now all we have to do is figure out how to earn a living by only going to Seattle once or twicw a week....we ARE serious about this.


I will not go into the obvious minimalisim of your former neighbor.  It occurred to me whilst talking to you some weeks ago that you sounded much, much too nice about this cretin.  Sometimes Hitler was right.

Name the dog Barengaria or Iona.  Just a thought.

Must run for the breakfast and to drive the van that is now working to swim in scented oceans of bliss!

Serious Regards,

Fern Woman