How are you doing? It’s nearly summer, and I’m happy that school’s almost over. I read/watched Hamlet for school, and boy is it easy to project onto him. It’s a good play, I recommend it.
The chicken and duck we got, Butterball and Joan Jett, were killed when their coop door was left open overnight. Mom and Aaron were really shaken up about it. I’m happy I didn’t spend enough time around them to get too attached, as I don’t want to cry over another loss. Speaking of, Bill is still lost. We returned the cat traps we rented, but I still check the cardboard boxes with pillowcases inside them for him. Have you bought new fish for the tank? I assume ours is gone by now.
I had a dream last night that Mom (as in Melanie) came back to me. She gave me Easter baskets to compensate for missing the holiday, but I was afraid the candy was poisoned. That night, when I went to the kitchen to get cereal, I saw light coming from a (nonexistent) window in the barn in the backyard (if I didn’t mention, there’s a barn. It’s full of spiders.). There was a curtain and a head silhouetted behind it and I knew I had to leave or else I’d be killed somehow. Not sure if Melanie was in the barn or not. I know she doesn’t love me anymore, but I still miss her.
You’ve showed up in my dreams too before. The first was at an outdoor ice rink on Halloween. It was dark but in a magenta way, and you skated away from me, and I cried out for you but you didn’t stop. I cried when I woke up. In the other, I was shocked to see you, I missed you and was happy but worried that Melanie would see, but you seemed cheery and were talking about the latest Steven Universe episode. We were in a clothing store. Have you ever had dreams about us? I think I’ve had at least one more, but I’ve forgotten them.
Did you watch the space rocket launch thing today? I’m not sure why they described it as a leap for mankind, it just seemed like some space business. I liked the stuffed dragon(?) that floated away from one of the men when they got into orbit, that was funny.
I miss you dearly. Soon it will be the fourth year anniversary of what happened. We’ve never been apart this long, not since before you were born. I will always love you.
With love,
Alice