Hellllooooo,

How are you doing?  I know I have been delinquent in sending you a note but there has been a lot going on these days.  The move still is not quit complete, I still have things I need to do up there and I probably need to do a weekend trip to get everything cleaned up.  I ended up selling you curio (sp?) cabinets and keeping you TV. cabinet.  Hence I have a cheque for you that needs to be sent, or picked up if you like?

The move has gone pretty well all things considered.  We managed to fit two 2000 square foot homes into one 900 square foot apartment.  It kind of has the cluttered eclectic New York apparent look to it.........you know the same as your basement in Summerland.  Nothing major got damaged, in the move so that helps.  I still have to switch over my car registration and insurance, and we all know how much fun that is so I've been procrastinating.

I've done a couple of fun things since being down here.  I've gone to two college football games, one at College Station to watch Texas A&M beat Notre Dame, and one in Austin to watch the University of Texas beat Colorado.  They were both day trips about two and a half hours from Houston, so the drives were not that bad.  Its just kind of neat to be in a Stadium with 90,000 other fans.  It is truly amazing to hear the noise that can be made by that many people.  Two weekends ago I watched the Texaco Grand Prix of Houston.  This is a car race similar to the ones they have in Vancouver and Toronto each year.  There are two Canadian drivers in this racing series but both of them had a bad day.  One of them crashed and the other finished way back.  The highlight was that Enron had sponsored a car just for that race that was doing very well up until the second from last lap when it crashed.  Oh well, at least it was fun to have some one to cheer for, and it was a pretty nice day to sit out side and drink a beer.

Work is hard and not going as well as I hoped, but I think I just need to give it some time.  Enron also has been in the news a lot these days for all the wrong reasons.  It sounds like one of the "way high-ups" had a questionable kick back deal with Enron that has come under attack.  The Board of Directors has been sued by shareholders and all the regulatory people are starting to ask questions now.  It looks like my plan for early retirement is out the window as our stock price this year has fallen from a high of $90 to $25.  So much for getting stock options as your bonus.

Anyway, the World Trade attacks have not really changed much down here.  There seems to be more hype than anything else, you know anything the media can latch its teeth into rip apart.  I'm actually getting tired of all the rumors and fear mongering that is going on.  I figure if my time is up, than so be it, but I'm not going to spend all day worrying about it, its a waste of energy.

I hope the new job goes well.  I'm glad to hear that your back working, I was starting to worry about you a little.  You know what can happen when people lock themselves in their house and don't get out enough they tend to stop going out all together.

Anyway, its time for me to start working so I have to go now.  Take care and have fun at your new job!

Love

Jon

PS.  I lost your address in my move.  Could you please email me your physical address so I can mail you the money I owe you. Thanks


 -----Original Message-----
From: 	donna ackert <ackertdm@yahoo.com>@ENRON  
Sent:	Tuesday, October 16, 2001 6:14 PM
To:	Jon McKay
Subject:	working again


Hi
Thought I would drop you a quick note.  I do not know if your mom told you but I went back to work just over a week ago.  Wal-Mart is opening a new store here so I applied and got a job.  We are in the process of setting up the store, shelves etc. plus stocking them.  Lots of work but I have a good partner to work with.  It took us about three days to find eachother but we work well together and make sure we head for the same area each day.
Winter is here.  We have about 4 inches of snow so far.  It is only about -4 so not cold at all.  Not much news other than going back to  work so will run for now.  Drop me a line and let me know how all of the mess in New York has been effecting you.
Say hi to Beth for me as well.     
Lots of Love   Donna

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