Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Thursday afternoon? It is going on 4:45 pm so Mom doesn't have a lot of time to write today but I wanted to write you a short letter instead of missing another day again. I am so sorry for the scattered letters lately. Mom is just busy and it seems like I don't have enough time in the day to do all that I need to do. Yesterday was a horrible day. I was up early getting the pups taken care of and then I got ready and was in my office all day long. I was on the phone, emailing, texting so many people and then the rest of the day I did some of my boxes. I finished that up at 5 pm and then made dinner and basically crashed the rest of the night. Mark is still sick with the cold that Mom had. He took a hot bath and then went to sleep. Mom called it a night at 9:45 pm just to be woken up at 12 midnight with Mark's phone ringing because he is on call this week. It took me forever to fall back to sleep. 

This morning it was tough to get up as I was so tired...Mark as well. He didn't get much sleep at all. This is day 4 for him. He is coughing all the time, sneezing, blowing his nose, etc... just like Mom was. I still am not over it and it is day 9 for me. I am better than Mark but I am by no means done with this cold. Hopefully in a few days I will be and same for Mark. Mom got the pups taken care of this morning and then got ready and left at 8:15 am. I went to the post office and then grocery shopping. I put it off for so long that I couldn't any longer. I got home at 10:15 am and came right into my office and started the calls, emails and text messages again. I finally started doing my boxes at 12 noon. I got all but 10 done. I will finish them up tomorrow, print labels and then get them out in the mail Saturday! I still made it in the time frame that I needed to so that all worked out. 

Here are the updates that I know of for the week.... My car is still being worked on. It is day 9 now and I texted the guy to see what was going on and received nothing. I contacted an attorneys office yesterday and have been chatting with them for the last 2 days. I did call the guy this afternoon. He said that they fixed the rack and pinion and now they need to do the ABS system. He thinks it will be covered under the warranty. No time frame to when it will be finished though. Mom is not happy at all with this that is why there is a lawyer involved at this time. We found out the guy who screwed us with the sale of our house purchased the house 2 doors down from us. We came face to face with him a couple days ago. We were to say the least pissed. No words were exchanged at all but the looks were ugly. Our pool is all screwed up again. Not sure what is going on at all but we are not happy about that either. The last 8 weeks have been hell for us here since the move didn't go through. Washer/dryer crapped out, power in part of the house crapped out, both AC's needed replacing, the pool needing lots of work, Mark's vehicle, Mom's vehicle, and now the pool again. I am not sure what is going on and happening but it can all stop anytime. It is super expensive that is for sure. 

Mom spoke to Aunt Beck the other night for over 1.5 hours. That was so nice. We had the time to catch up on things. They are back in VT now. She seems miserable to be back there. She goes back to AZ at the beginning of September and I don't think it is soon enough for her! Guess Bean is good. Didn't talk about her much. She said she would call again soon when she got the time. Spoke to Grandpa the same night. All is good there. I sure do miss everyone so much. I miss you more than words can say. I love you with all my heart and soul. To the moon and back and all the way around the world. You will always be my hero and the wind beneath my wings. Hard to believe that in 17 days you will have been gone for 8 years. How can that be???? Every day since has been so hard on Mom. I guess I should have been an actress because no one sees through it at all. I know you see it from where you are. Mom will be okay so don't worry my sweet precious son. 

Mom has to go as it is after 5 pm and time to start the night routine plus we going to get a bad thunderstorm any minute now. It is dark and the wind is whipping. I will write more to you tomorrow. I will light the candle this evening for you and I will whisper to you as I always do. Smile and I will smile to you. Please watch over us and keep us healthy and safe. Thanks pumpkin. Have fun while I sleep tonight. Come visit me in my dreams if you can. remember...you live in my heart, mind, body and soul forever. Until tomorrow comes...good night and sweet dreams.

Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💜