Happy Birthday SOJO!

• 1 pint Wit Beer - Fort George Brewery - Astoria, OR
• 2 - 16 oz. cans Miller High Life - LBH
• 1 large margarita - LBH
• 1 Bailey's & Bushmill's - LBH
• 1 Bailey's milk shake - LBH
• 1 Cranberry & Vodka - LBH

Dear SOJO,

I celebrated your 36th birthday in Long Beach, WA while you celebrated it in Huntington Beach, CA. You had a great birthday as far as I'm concerned! Remember that your nickname was "SOJO" for "Sister of Jon"? Remember when you were away at SLO (Cal State - San Luis Obispo), we would write letters to each other and you would always sign them "SOJO" and I would always begin with "Dear SOJO"? It went on for a long time, but then it died out when we stopped writing, although I think it continued when e-mail got more popular and we used to correspond that way. You called me "Fro Bro", because of my high, fluffy hair and you loved calling me that, especially when my hair got extra big and curly.

~ Happy Birthday! 36!...heh heh heh! Love, Fro Bro

The picture above was taken just before Christmas by my dad when he visited her for a few days. She looks really good here. She's lost weight and I think she's genuinely happy. Those are her clan of dogs. Shealey (big brown), Winkey (white and brown) and I think the other one is Brownie, which she just got. This is why she won't/can't/doesn't visit. Shealey was originally my mom's dog that she got while she was undergoing chemo, but after she died, Michelle adopted her. It's a little strange that Shealey is still around, and my mom isn't. Michelle also drives my mom's car too, a very old RAV-4. Anyway, Shealey and Michelle are doing well and I hope to visit them all in a month or so. Happy Birthday Michelle! 36...heh heh heh.