Its been awhile since I've heard from my brother. I hope he's coming home soon. Mom tends to think he's ok in Iraq. She hasn't had any bad dreams, lately. I hope she's right.

My step-mom hasn't heard from my dad, either. And I thought he'd be back by now, too.

I know of two guys in high school going in to the military when they graduate. They are going in six years straight. One in the Marines. The other one in the Navy.

I couldn't even sit through the STATE OF THE UNION last night. Sorry to sound so depressing, lately...maybe thats why I'm not writing so much these days.

And I've sort of made a mess of things at school..changing before midterm. Its like I've been catching up forever, but its not that bad. I have to keep telling myself.

Then Dylan is sick, again. Hopefully, he'll get antibotics this time.

And, oh yeah, the SUPERBOWL. I guess we'll have a snack feast. Doris has all these recipies lined up. Everything from seasoned popcorn to layered dip.

I watched STILL STANDING Monday night. That was funny about how they were trying to get their parents to stop drinking. Unfortunately, the SUPERBOWL was a setback. Still my favorite comedy.

I think Doris has found some new V-8 SMOOTHY and she wants to add alcohol to it. She says it has soy protien too. She can find a way to make it healthy to get sloshed for the SUPERBOWL.