June 25, 1998
Dear Everyone:
With “Jeannie” and “Marshall” out of town last
weekend, I had intended to go and see
Mulan, the new
Disney
animated feature. “Jeannie”
had threatened severe bodily injury if I went to see
The
X-Files without her.
However, the news Sunday morning, that Dad’s health
had suddenly declined, changed those plans.
Instead, I spent the day quietly by the phone, calling various
siblings with news, or waiting for them to call back when they got my
messages.
The rest of this week has consisted of checking the
phone and email
frequently for updates. As
of last night, Dad was back at home.
At least there’s some comfort in that.
Email is proving to be a boon.
Almost everyone has an address and a single Note can be sent to
everyone at once. At the
moment, there’s probably some duplication (forwarding messages to people
who’ve already received them), but we’ll get it worked out.
One of the things I needed to do at work this week
was update my database for ARMA
(Association of Records Managers and Administrators).
Out of about 300 people, fully half of them have indicated that
they have email addresses.
In fact, at the association dinner the other night, I heard a woman
saying, “Let me give you my new email address.
I still have the old one, but I have my own Web Site now.”
Will wonders never cease?
Hoping to have better news about Dad by next week.
I’ve included the golf joke because I think he’d appreciate it.
Love, as always,
Pete
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