the currency of life

dirk pitt goes to germany
in the book Im reading now...
I guess that means it can't be all bad
he is the perfect man

even though Im hoping that I get to talk to you
in 4 hours, I decided I would still write.

you know, just to keep in the habit.

So, I went to Melfort, and I met your parents.
Like I said, the time to tell me you weren't
interested in me was clearly Friday.

Ill get started.
We left late in the afternoon on Friday,
Rachel was late--so it goes.
Neil had been expecting us the night before,
so when we finally made it to the farm...
He was no-where to be seen.
We checked the obvious places
and found him at Chelleys (I'd actually never been there before)
My whole family went in
(kat and rachet are cute so no one asked questions)
He had been drinking...a little, which just made him honest.
Neil can be so eloquent, and was, he gave a small speech
that made us all feel better about our leaving the farm.
My family left, and I ran into Danielle Anderson.
I thought she was ignoring me, but apparently
I just look different.
We ended up sitting at a table alone outside,
talking about what both of us had been up to.

There seems an impression among the general
populace that we have either been together for
a long time...or at least
(as Justine Penner informed your parents)
that we have dated before.

so Faith, what have you been telling people?
;)

It was after I disentangled myself from Danielle
that I ran into your brother.
I was planning on leaving, but he asked me to play pool
and even though I didnt want him to know how bad I was
I didnt think that I should say know.
In the end, we won every game we played
(no thanks to me, we is very good)

Have you heard him play recently?
I think he is exceptionally good.
He said that he would send me some
of the songs he's written. I hope he does.
(There is one in particular that I thought was stellar)

anyway, it was just nice to spend time with him.
I like him, and would even if he wasn't your brother.
He ended the night talking about your church,
and religion in general. Good.

Church.

Let me say that I wanted to go for several reasons.
I wanted to meet your family.
I wanted to give the church thats been so important
to you another chance.

I want to be clear. I said nothing even remotely intelligent
to your mother or father. I was so glad that Charity was there.
She tries so hard to make me more comfortable...
with some success.


Later, when they came to the Farm,
and we were going through the tour--
I spoke more. Though Im not sure any of it
made sense.

It was uncomfortable but good.
Your mother is so kind,
and I love your fathers sense of humor.
(though its sometimes hard to tell when he's joking)

The line of the day though comes from your mother--
when she walked up to men in church she opened with;

"So, your the boy my daughter is so captivated with"

captivated.
nice.

There is so much more that I could say.
But I'm sure that we'll talk all about it.

Ill post some of the pictures from my phone,
the ones from the film cameras will come later.

I hope you had a wonderful day at school Faith.
I'm going to go to bed, so I can be fairly conscious when you call.