Good News, Bad News
I have a couple of things that I thought should be put in here.
First with the good. Our son filled out all of his mission papers and got them off to the church. We waited for the requisite time and his mission call came in on January 26th. He was called to serve in the Lubbock, Texas mission (English speaking). I do think this will be great for him as his all time favorite food is Barbecued Ribs. I do believe he will have an enjoyable mission experience and know that the Lord calls these young men to the place they are supposed to go. He will be reporting to the MTC (Mission Training Center), in Provo, Utah on March 30th.
So far, my wife and I have spent $1250 at Mr. Mac in order to get his suit, shirts slacks and other things that he will need to go out and teach the gospel. We got what we think is a great discount because of who we knew. Interestingly, the guy that was the salesman is the grandson of the founder of the store. Anyway, I just thought that was some good news and I should note it here.
More good news is that my oldest brother, Larry, has had a procedure again in the hospital that went well. He is still losing the war with his disease, but has won some of the little battles. I am forever grateful for that. He will be missed when he finally passes on.
Now, for the bad. Yesterday, my wife got beat up by her sister. Her sister is bi-polar and I hated hearing this. My wife had just finished cutting her moms hair and then did her sisters hair as well as a birthday gift to her sister. Just in normal conversation after that haircut, all of a sudden she went off into some of her rants. She went into and out of her room a few times and with one of the rants my wife told her to get back in her room. Melanie threw a coke she was holding onto my wife. My wife called her a bitch and then fists flew and my wife was left trying to defend herself. She then jumped on my wife's back and evidently was jumping up and down on her. We're talking an extremely heavy person who was doing this. Finally, my 85 year old Father-in-law went in yelling and told Melanie to just hit me, just once. She backed down. She then left the home and when she tried to come back in my wife pushed her out and locked the door.
I went over after work and sat with them. They finally called the police and they came over at around 4:00. My wife didn't want to press charges and finally, after the officer asked if she felt that others could be harmed, he filed the charges. Now, she will get a letter in two to three weeks for her court date. My wife will get one as well. We just hope that this doesn't come up on March 30th.
Anyway, Pam and Anne came over and then we had my wife leave in case Melanie came back. Pam and Anne also left and I stayed until around 9:30 or thereabouts. Melanie never showed up. Her bedroom door is locked and we would like to get in there without breaking the door. We may have to get a locksmith out. Right now, we are wondering at what point we should put in a missing persons report. Melanie is smart and can take care of herself, so for now they don't want the police and/or the media involved. Personally, I think this is a mistake and I hope I am wrong.
Anyway, enough of the bad.
First with the good. Our son filled out all of his mission papers and got them off to the church. We waited for the requisite time and his mission call came in on January 26th. He was called to serve in the Lubbock, Texas mission (English speaking). I do think this will be great for him as his all time favorite food is Barbecued Ribs. I do believe he will have an enjoyable mission experience and know that the Lord calls these young men to the place they are supposed to go. He will be reporting to the MTC (Mission Training Center), in Provo, Utah on March 30th.
So far, my wife and I have spent $1250 at Mr. Mac in order to get his suit, shirts slacks and other things that he will need to go out and teach the gospel. We got what we think is a great discount because of who we knew. Interestingly, the guy that was the salesman is the grandson of the founder of the store. Anyway, I just thought that was some good news and I should note it here.
More good news is that my oldest brother, Larry, has had a procedure again in the hospital that went well. He is still losing the war with his disease, but has won some of the little battles. I am forever grateful for that. He will be missed when he finally passes on.
Now, for the bad. Yesterday, my wife got beat up by her sister. Her sister is bi-polar and I hated hearing this. My wife had just finished cutting her moms hair and then did her sisters hair as well as a birthday gift to her sister. Just in normal conversation after that haircut, all of a sudden she went off into some of her rants. She went into and out of her room a few times and with one of the rants my wife told her to get back in her room. Melanie threw a coke she was holding onto my wife. My wife called her a bitch and then fists flew and my wife was left trying to defend herself. She then jumped on my wife's back and evidently was jumping up and down on her. We're talking an extremely heavy person who was doing this. Finally, my 85 year old Father-in-law went in yelling and told Melanie to just hit me, just once. She backed down. She then left the home and when she tried to come back in my wife pushed her out and locked the door.
I went over after work and sat with them. They finally called the police and they came over at around 4:00. My wife didn't want to press charges and finally, after the officer asked if she felt that others could be harmed, he filed the charges. Now, she will get a letter in two to three weeks for her court date. My wife will get one as well. We just hope that this doesn't come up on March 30th.
Anyway, Pam and Anne came over and then we had my wife leave in case Melanie came back. Pam and Anne also left and I stayed until around 9:30 or thereabouts. Melanie never showed up. Her bedroom door is locked and we would like to get in there without breaking the door. We may have to get a locksmith out. Right now, we are wondering at what point we should put in a missing persons report. Melanie is smart and can take care of herself, so for now they don't want the police and/or the media involved. Personally, I think this is a mistake and I hope I am wrong.
Anyway, enough of the bad.
posted by Craig's Blog at 2:13 PM
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