Firstly, Mary, sorry I haven't emailed you back but it's been a crazy week. I know I keep saying that, but truly it has been. And since that email is on my email at I'm only able to access at home, it involves dialing up, etc., and Michelle's been slaving over the computer every time I can check it. Needless to say, I'm thinking about what I want to see, but am counting on you two to point North, to show me the things you deem mandatory. There's a Sydney native in my company who I'm going to email soon to find out some spots he thinks I have to see. So even though my thoughts aren't yet going from my fingers to your eyes, I'm thinking about it always.
And it's fine that you posted that email, and I understand why you took out what you did. I'm just a little surprised at the comment it got. I wonder what Amy originally put. And what kinds of things were you using as clues in Taboo at your lakehouse with me in them? I vaguely remember that story, and I think it's hilarious.
I'm exhausted today. Didn't sleep much last night. Couldn't. I am such a hypochondriac that yesterday I heard about Clinton's surgery and how he lost one third of his breathing capacity from a skin-like growth on his lung and immediatley I'm having trouble breathing. Also I was very aware of my beating heart while I was trying to sleep. It wouldn't shut up. And this morning I think I have strep. My boss's triplets have it and I'm thinking he could have been a carrier for that 24-hour period when its contagious. But my sore throat is probably just that and more from not sleeping than some kids I've never been in contact with. Chaos Theory tweaked a little.
The head boss is in town today and I hope he stays for a short time and heads right to the airport.
It's only 8:36 am here and already Dannette/Sharise is on her fourth personal call since I got here. She's having problems it seems with her boyfriend Donard. Although I can't be sure if her boyfriend is the one she calls Donard or the one she calls Dantrell. Also one of her three sons' names is Dominique. I don't know if she spells it that way, but that is how she pronouces it. She talks with at least one of her kids all day long every day. I think they don't go to school, or they miss school a lot. I imagine her saying on Sundays, "Are you going to school this week, Dominique?" And he says, "I'm going Tuesday and Wednesday but that's it." And resigned, she agrees, believing two days is better than none at all. Very much like Erin Dudek in grade school. She was at school maybe twice a week. It was so strange.
That federal judge story has been crazy. Two days ago in a Milwaukee suburb, a local po-po pulled over a van because his tail-light was out and as the cop approached the guy shot himself in the head. There was a suicide note and in it the confession that he killed Judge Lefkow's husband and mother when he tried to kill her. He broke into her house and was going to wait inside for 14 hours to kill her but was discovered and did what he did. He said he wasn't a murderer in the same way soldiers aren't murderers. He had sued UIC, his doctor and the federal government for $1 billion stemming from when he had mouth cancer in 1991 and lost part of his jaw in the chemo and treatments. It was a med mal case that was ridiculous. He said he had been "violated Nazi style" by everyone involved, and acted as his own attorney because no one would take the case. Judge Lefkow dismissed it in January, effectively ending his legal battle. She had less to do with it than anyone else involved, but she was the last. He also intended to kill the doctor and someone else but decided to let them live after he killed the judge's family. He was totally crazy.
It seemed like white supremecist Matt Hale was behind it all because he was convicted a year ago of soliciting to have Judge Lefkow killed. It was also discovered that he had attempted to send coded messages through his parents to his followers. One of his followers was Benjamin Smith who went on a minority killing rampage in 1999. One of his victims was Ricky Byrdsong, the former NU basketball coach. It's unfortunate that he was in essence tried and convicted for these slayings by the media and the public in the haze surrounding them when it appears he had nothing to do with it, but it wasn't like it was a stretch. Considering he had tried to kill her before. She said she'll be in the courtroom for his sentencing next month. And her public comments indicate that she'll return to the bench and won't be cowed by fear. Besides, what does she have left to fear? Her life has already been taken from her.
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