Slow Days Before the Baby Comes

There isn't a whole lot going on here. No holes in radiators (although the Saturn is leaking oil from somewhere). I got hired, finally, into a full time position at the ACS. I just have to wait for the Personellists to pull their heads out of their You-Know-What's to cut my orders. Until I have my "AGR" orders, I'm stuck working for base-pay only, no bennies, no allowances. It sucks.

ZZ is doing well. She's going nuts having her mother living with us, so to get out of the house, she's started taking some hours at Village Inn just make a few extra bucks and to get out of the house. Her back gets sore sometimes, and her ankles are swollen, but she's doing very well over all.

Caitlin is going to come visit at the end of the month. She'll miss meeting ZZ's mother by two days, but there's no great loss there. My mom and dad are coming in the first week of October. ZZ's grandmother will be here around Thanksgiving, and then next spring, when my sister Meghan finishes all stages of Airborne Lingistics training, she'll come up and visit too.

ZZ's mother, Kathi, and I have been walking a lot. We went on a cool hike the other day at Winner Creek north of Girdwood.

It has been partly sunny here in AlAskA ONE day this month. We've had rain 14 of the last 15 days and the 7-day forecast has 80% chance of rain each day.

Peace and Love,
Mungo