Both of the above pics were taken when I was 19 years old. I was over at Mom's yesterday, and she gave me some old pictures to go through, and keep the one's that I wanted. Most of the pictures I had not seen in years. I wanted to include the above two. The first one, is me picking up Dad in a big ole bear hug in the kitchen. It was taken when I was on leave after Air Force Basic Training and Tech School, prior to going to Turkey, for 2 years +. To be exact, 2 years, 2 weeks and 1 day for a total of 745 days. The other is Dad & I just prior to my first wedding/marriage. I believe it's the only time that I ever saw him in a tuxedo. Anyway, I still can't believe he's actually gone. I guess the finality of it all will sink in, eventually.

Today is Thursday, the last day of my 7 day break. Back to work tommorrow night, and I sure do dread it. Sometimes, dealing with other people's problems just is too much. Like I have said before, I have problems of my own, and I don't pick up the phone and dial 9-1-1, and expect someone to solve my problems. But, oh well, I guess it's the nature of the beast. People just seem to call over the most trivial and stupid things. Sometimes I feel that they should be ashamed to waste Public Resources on the things that they call in about. If I actually get to help someone on a legitimate call, though, it can still be satisfying. All too many times, though, you help someone one night (as a victim), and they are in court with the suspect the next morning at the arraignment, begging for the judge to dismiss the criminal charges. Sometimes, I just can't wrap my mind around it.

It has been a very cold day, here. Snow has been falling sporadically, and they are calling for a big snow storm, sometime over the next 24 hours. Mom has still been doing so much better than I would have expected. She still has her 'down time', but overall, I am so proud of her.

I guess that this post is probably rambling. I just meant to post a quick update with a couple of pics. Rusti is still my rock, and I have heard from my cousins in Mississippi several times, which has been great. Today is the Anniversary of the Japaneese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. I have been watching shows on the Discovery Channel and the History Channel all day, depicting the event. My hat is off to all of the remaining survivors, as well as the victims of the attack.

http://www.discovery.com/

http://www.history.com/