the day my adventure begins
Jul. 31st, 2002 06:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleini talked to Daughter yesterday. When she called the doc, the doc was out. She was waiting for the return call. She and S.O. were going to his youngest son's for dinner last night. BBQ ribs. Darn, why didn't they do that when i was there? i have to call her today before i leave to find out what's going on.
Talked to Son today also. His interviews went very well. The first person to interview him was my first 'car date'. i have no idea how my name came into the conversation. After the divorce i took back my family name, Son and Daughter have their father's name. Anyway, they spent the first 15 minutes catching up on the life and times of mother and then moved into the interview portion.
The second man to interview is the father of a friend of Son's. Son and wife were cake servers at the friend's wedding last year. So they spent the first 15 minutes again catching up on what was going on in their respective lives.
All in all son felt very good about the interview. Not the kinds of questions he expected, but he felt he answered them well. i know he did. He's an amazing man, my son. Next will come the physical ability test and then the background check. Both of which he should pass with flying colors. i was worried about strikes and layoffs, but a friend of mine said the union isn't quite so strong now as in the past. He didn't figure a strike would be likely anytime soon. Then there was a report in the paper about the company needing to hire 1500 new workers in the near future. i certainly hope Son is one of them. He deserves a break in the job department.
Got many things to do today before i hit the road. i promised mother i would finish the laundry, do some ironing for her. She has to meet with the lawyer at 2 this afternoon. After that she will take me to the rental agency and i'll be on my way. i'm still debating what to pack. i have vague remembories of Charleston being really really humid. Even moreso than Iowa, but i don't know how that happens. i want to dress comfortably in the car but if i have to go into the lawyer's office i won't feel comfortable in the driving clothes. i want to have enough clothes for Chas. It is really simpler i think to fly. If one could get a ticket easily. i'm still excited about the trip. i hope to see some beautiful country. i wonder if Mother will loan me her camera
Talked to Son today also. His interviews went very well. The first person to interview him was my first 'car date'. i have no idea how my name came into the conversation. After the divorce i took back my family name, Son and Daughter have their father's name. Anyway, they spent the first 15 minutes catching up on the life and times of mother and then moved into the interview portion.
The second man to interview is the father of a friend of Son's. Son and wife were cake servers at the friend's wedding last year. So they spent the first 15 minutes again catching up on what was going on in their respective lives.
All in all son felt very good about the interview. Not the kinds of questions he expected, but he felt he answered them well. i know he did. He's an amazing man, my son. Next will come the physical ability test and then the background check. Both of which he should pass with flying colors. i was worried about strikes and layoffs, but a friend of mine said the union isn't quite so strong now as in the past. He didn't figure a strike would be likely anytime soon. Then there was a report in the paper about the company needing to hire 1500 new workers in the near future. i certainly hope Son is one of them. He deserves a break in the job department.
Got many things to do today before i hit the road. i promised mother i would finish the laundry, do some ironing for her. She has to meet with the lawyer at 2 this afternoon. After that she will take me to the rental agency and i'll be on my way. i'm still debating what to pack. i have vague remembories of Charleston being really really humid. Even moreso than Iowa, but i don't know how that happens. i want to dress comfortably in the car but if i have to go into the lawyer's office i won't feel comfortable in the driving clothes. i want to have enough clothes for Chas. It is really simpler i think to fly. If one could get a ticket easily. i'm still excited about the trip. i hope to see some beautiful country. i wonder if Mother will loan me her camera
