Joe,
Not that you would care, but I am getting callouses on my hands from doing all the chores by myself. While we are cutting up wood in our struggle to survive the latest cold front (9 degree temps and more snow) you are in balmy San Antonio courtesy of the air force. It must be nice to be able to live in such a mild climate as opposed to the harsh, bitter winter we now have in the barren plains of Western Ohio. Oh to be there.
Just got your letter a few minutes ago – quite a coincidence that a few minutes after I sit down to compose a letter, our first letter from you would arrive. Too bad about your tail bone. I would have thought that they would have given you some athletic tape and a piece of foam rubber to put on it before physical training. Maybe you can improvise something. It does look like your mile run and pushups improved significantly. Just remember that this is like 2 a days in football, once you get this behind you then things will get better.
Played our last basketball game of the season just this morning. Had a bad first quarter, but played even the rest of the game. We made a good run in the 4th quarter, and closed the gap but gave up some easy baskets when we were pressing in the last couple of minutes and ended up losing by 10. Our bus driver to the game was your old bus driver. She said hi and asked how you were and I told her about the Air Force and everything. She was happy for you and wished you well. She has friends in Fort Worth and they have made side trips to San Antonio, she liked it. This is the last season that I am coaching for a while plus I am no longer doing stories for the paper. So I am taking time off from sports.
Bought some beer for the super bowl tomorrow. Of all things – Rye Beer. Saw it at the store and had to try it out. Smooth taste, not bad. It will just be me and your mother for the game. She wanted to do up a vegetable tray, but I told her not to bother since no one else will be here. One last swallow of the rye whiskey remains – I will finish it tomorrow night. Chelsea will probably stop by to do her laundry tomorrow but that is it. Oh, I guess her job is going OK. They are slowly catching up on bills. Little Annie has 3 teeth now – 2 on the bottom and one on top. Little Elaina has glasses now. With both her parents being near sighted, she didn’t have much of a chance at normal vision.
We are giving serious consideration to coming out for the graduation. We need to pull the trigger by next weekend as you get the best air fares about a month out. So me and your mother will talk things over and make a final decision between now and then. It will be the first time that she has flown, but it would be good practice for when you go overseas. We would like to visit where ever you end up being stationed overseas.
