May 16, 1975

"Mr. Wilson would like to talk to you two," Lina told me and Andy after the show ended. The two of us nodded nervously and started to our boss'- Mr. Wilson- office.

The fact that we had been called to Mr. Wilson's office was kind of nerve-wracking. The two of us had only been to his office twice in our lives, a total of four times between the two of us. The first time was our initial interviews for the job, the second time was to work out our contracts and schedules. The thing that made the whole situation scarier was that the two of us had messed up earlier in the week on the show.

Andy and I had gotten the Young Americans album by David Bowie record at the beginning of the week. We were told to play the songs from it at certain times during a period of two weeks. We were supposed to play two songs from it on Monday, then one on Wednesday, then one on Friday- today. We then were supposed to play one the next Monday, then one the next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. By accident, we had played the whole album in one sitting.

"Do you think we're in trouble cause of the mess up on Monday?" I asked in a nervous tone as we walked down the hallway.

Andy shrugged a bit. "I don't have a clue," he answered, "Either way, it can't be too good. He never calls anyone to his office, at least DJ's like us."

I scoffed a bit and rolled my eyes. "That's very comforting, thank you, Andy."

"Sorry…"

The two of us reached Mr. Wilson's office in five minutes. Andy knocked on the door of the office three times and we waited for some sort of sign to enter the office. When we heard "come in" from the opposite side of the door, Andy opened the door and the two of us walked in, making sure to close the door behind us. "You wanted to see us, sir?" I asked.

Mr. Wilson looked up from his papers and nodded. "Yes, I did," he answered and motioned to the two chairs placed in front of his desk," Won't you two sit down?" The two us both nodded and sat down in the two chairs. "You two are probably wondering why I called you in here," Mr. Wilson said, "Am I right?"

"Yeah, a bit," Andy answered a bit nervously.

"Look, I can tell you two are nervous. But calm down, I didn't ask you two to come in here for something to be nervous about. I promise."

I gave a confused look. "Then what's this 'bout then?" I asked curiously.

"I've been doing a lot thinking lately, since Dan Jeptha and Molly Meyers are retiring from the morning show. I think since they're leaving, we need some fresh, young blood to pick up the show. Don't you think?"

Andy and I both shrugged unsurely. "Uh, sure," Andy answered skeptically.

"Great. Cause after some thought about who I should get to take over the show, I thought that you two would be perfect."

"Are you serious?" I asked, a shocked expression finding its way to my face.

Mr. Wilson nodded. "You're both young, what, early to mid-twenties, right? You two have a better idea of new music. Rain, the fact that your husband and your sons and the rest of your family mean so much to you at such a young age, it's a great image for a radio show. Andy, your knowledge of film and music is perfect, and you're both funny. You two are perfect."

The three of us were there for another hour discussing what our new schedule would be like. Andy and I would have to be at the station by 7:45 to 7:55 in the morning. The show would start at eight o'clock in the morning and would be until eleven o'clock in the morning, which is when the next show would start. We'd have to talk a bit more than we usually did in between songs in the afternoon. We'd also be starting the upcoming week.

After we finished talking with Mr. Wilson, we both left the station. When I walked outside, I saw Keith standing outside the truck in the parking lot. The passenger's side door was open and KJ sat there playing with a figurine of Fonzie from Happy Days, but looked up when he heard me and smiled. I smiled and ran to the car. 'What're you two doin' here?" I asked with a smile.

Keith smiled. "Lina called and said we should come by cause you and Andy were called into your boss' office and she didn't have a clue why," he answered.

I leaned down on the ground in front of KJ. "Hi, KJ," I smiled, then looked back up at Keith, "And yeah, we were called in."

"How'd it go?"

"I got promoted! I'm doing the morning show now!"

He smiled. "Rain, that's great! What times are you gonna be on?"

"From eight in the morning till eleven. It's the show right before the afternoon show I would do. I'd be getting paid more what I make now, I'd be able to meet and interview more singers and band members, and even some actors and directors since the station is popular all over the state and bit out. But I would have to help at one event every month but my boss said you and KJ could come."

"Look at you," he smiled, "You're like a local celebrity, you know that?"

I scoffed and picked up KJ and put him in his car seat, doing things to make him giggle the whole time. "I don't think so," I said as I got into the passenger's seat in the front of the truck.

"No, you are. I mean, your radio station is the most popular in the whole state. The afternoon program that you did is the third most popular listened to in the state. You know the first and second, don't ya?"

"Of course I do. The morning show and the late afternoon show."

"Exactly."

"But the morning show was still Dan Jeptha and Molly Meyers. When Andy and I take over, it could go completely downhill for all we know."

Keith chuckled a bit. "Why do you always think so low of yourself, Rain? Or think the worst of something?" he asked.

I shrugged. "You tell me," I answered, "You're the one who proposed to me and decided to deal with it."

He laughed. "It's always somethin' different with you, I can say that much."

He continued toward the direction of the house and he stopped in front of it on the curb of the sidewalk. We both got out of the car and I opened the door to the backseat. I picked up KJ and took him out of his car seat and carried him to the house. He kept his right arm clinging to my shoulders as his left arm flew through the air with Fonzie from Happy Days in his hand. When the three of us got inside, I placed him down and he ran over to the coffee table where he had his current setup.

The setup on the coffee table was made up of hot wheels, toy soldiers, legos and wooden blocks- pretty much all of his toys except for a few stuffed bears on his bed. He had them all set up in this elaborate setup. It was actually really impressive, especially for a boy his age. Everything had a place and it was set up specifically for whatever was in his head. When all of his attention was on the setup, I had snuck a picture of him playing with the whole thing… call me "doting mother", I don't care. It's cute.

I started to think that I had become like Soda. I had started to take a lot of pictures ever since KJ had been born. I don't why I had started to do that, thought. We had both a Polaroid 600 and an SLR camera. Those two were the same types of cameras we used when we were younger, so those were the only two cameras I really knew how to use. It's not that I was too lazy to learn how to use another camera, but more so I didn't really have the time.

"I meant to tell you," Keith started, "Soda, Steve and me were talkin' 'bout opening our own garage. Remember I told you 'bout that?"

"Oh, yeah, I do," I nodded, "How's that goin'?"

"Well, we got pretty much everything figured out to do it, but now we gotta find a building. I was telling Rusty about it before I drove to the radio station to get you this morning. I told him our plans and everything else. Then he told me how he wants to retire, but he doesn't wanna close down his garage. He also said that his daughter is moving out of state with her husband so they can't take it up."

"Ok…"

"So, he said he wants to give it to the three of us. He's known me for years and he knows Soda and Steve and he wants to give it to the three of us to use to open a garage. That way he doesn't have to close the garage either."

I smiled. "So you three are really gonna take over the garage for him?" I asked.

Keith nodded. "Yeah," he answered with a smile, "The four of us are gonna do all the paperwork next week. Everything should be taken care of by this time next month."

What's up? I apologize for the (what feels like to me) long wait on this update. I've been very busy lately with school and the holidays so I will hopefully get one more update in before Christmas break.

Oh, so last Friday I was at church for youth group and my youth leaders decided to take us all outside to the service for the special Hanukkah service (my church is Messianic Jewish, which is basically Christian- which I am and my family celebrates both Hanukkah and Christmas) and they sang Jewish songs and we got to light candles and me and my three friends were like, "the only place we're allowed to play with fire is church on Hanukkah and Christmas Eve!" we were so happy, but then some lady lit her own candle with a lighter instead of fire from my pastor's menorah and my one friend kept saying "she has heathen fire. We have heathen fire, oh my gahd." It was funny, you had to be there.

Also, Hanukkah started this past Sunday night so if you celebrate it like I do- HAPPY HANUKKAH! Tonight's the third night!

Also, who here has heard about President Jerry Falwell at Liberty University's decision about letting students carry a concealed weapon on campus for self-defense? How many of you agree with it? Now, I do my online high school (I don't go to a regular high school anymore, I left two years ago and have been doing Liberty University Online Academy since) there and my online college courses (I'm a junior, it's expected) and I wanna go there for college. I support his decision 100 percent.

Anyway, peace from all the hippies of the world! =^-^=