Easter plans/baking with Rachel
                                            Well it's good Friday and Easter is just around the corner.  I can hardly believe it.  LOL it seems like I am always saying that lately but you are probably wondering what I will be doing.  So you know I will be spending it with dad this year.  He will pick me up tomorrow and I will stay the night and I will head home after dinner Easter evening.  
                                            Mom asked why I am not staying till Monday and the reason is that he has somewhere to go on business but I am not that disappointed.  I told my mom and my grandma yesterday that this is the first time in a long time that I am not looking forward to Easter and I basically told them that dad was the answer.  See it seems like my dad just doesn't want to do anything anymore, he just wants to sit around the house and he can't seem to get used to the idea that I'm seizure free.  He seems to expect that I am going to go up to him and say,
               "I don't feel well."  I mean there are some differences, he doesn't check on me every minute when I am in the bathroom like he used to.  But anyway grandma asked me the last time I had been to Youngstown which is where my dad's family is located and I told her the last time I was there was when I turned 21.  Mom seemed a little upset and mentioned that dad should take me in to visit family but unfortunately there are some issues on his side that I don't want to bring up.  Both of his parents  passed away a few years back and ever since then things have gone downhill.  My grandma had told me that there are cases that once the parents pass the kids go their separate ways and in a way I think that's what's happened.  
                    It seems like the only person who he really keeps in contact with is my uncle Bill and his side of the family.  Okay well anyway I am just uncertain about this Easter for some reason but I just got to think positive LOL.  Nathan said he'll be coming over so that should be fun.  For the record Mark and mom will be going to brunch with Mark's family and than going to Rachel's.  Mom said we'll keep in contact and if we eat early enough I might get dropped off at Rachel's but anything can change LOL.  
                    I will let you know how it all turns out.  So you know tonight we are going to Rachel's house for dinner and to bake some easter bread.  Just in case you don't know what easter bread is it is bread with ricotta cheese, ham, and many other ingredients.  My great grandmother used to make it and they always make her recipe.  Mom is going to send me some along to dad's.  
                      We are planning on having New england clam chowder and bread sticks for dinner.  Just in case you are wondering how my training for the walkathon is going I made my goal of walking 3 miles around the neighborhood already LOL.  Can you believe that?  When I told my grandma about the walk and how it was a 3 mile walk and just like mom she was about to protest but before she could I told her I walked the three miles and she just laughed and said,
                     "Can't is not an option for you is it?  I just laughed and said not with my determination.  Well better get going I do have a little bit of laundry to do.