Robert writes home #82 29 Dec. 1996

29 Dec 1996

Dear Mother,

I hope you had a nice Christmas.

I took Pete back to the airport last Thursday. He brought his latest love, Jessica Nilson, home for us to meet then took her back to the airport on Monday before Christmas so she could be with her family on Christmas. He seems to like her real well. She was a nice looking and pleasant girl. He left early to go to her home and visit them after Christmas. My trip taking him to the airport was a 7 and 1/2 hour experience. I could have driven to Las Vegas (where she lives) in eight hours. I don't know if I'm going to live through this airport Christmas shuttle experience. We had to do some things for Pete and drop Megan off in Turlock on the way. Then we hit heavy rain after we crossed the mountains into the bay area. The airport was jammed four lanes wide, bumper to bumper, stop and go, and I had to make two passes to get close to the curb to drop him off. On the way home it was rainging so hard and it was so dark that I couldn't see the signs well. I missed the 580 exit to Livermore and I-5 and ended up in Milpitas before I realized what I had done. I went on to San Jose and came home that way, south on 101 then west on 152.

The BYU kids all came home sick with the flu. They are all doing pretty well now, but day before yesterday I came down with the symptoms and have been laying around with runny nose and aching, muscles, head and eyes since then. I hope I'm well enough o go to work tomorrow. I stayed home from church today because I feel lousy. I still have two more trips to take to the Oakland airport. Heidi tried to get her flight changed to coincide with Carrie's but the flights are all booked, so I have to make separate trips. This has been a difficult Christmas holiday. I feel like I have spent it driving the freeways and being sick. I usually do my orchard pruning and spraying during the holidays, but I didn't get much done this time.

We're having a lot of rain storms. These last two are warm and causing the snow to melt, so now, the worry is about flooding.

Happy New Year!

Love,

Robert, Janet, Charlie, and Sam

PS Magdalene, did I send a card reunion picture to Mom for Christmas?

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