Dear [Lex],
Thanks for the offer of support, especially when I come to Philly. Won’t be there for a while. The DJ business is keeping me quite busy. I just did a wedding this month, and have another one coming up in November. Lots of preparations for each. So I’ve been quite busy. 
Hope all is well with you.
Tom
Dear [Ann],
Sorry to hear about [your daughter cutting herself on purpose]. She keeps digging herself in deeper and deeper. Hopefully, you’ll get some intervention very soon now.
Yes, I slept well (about ten hours). But I’m very sore around my neck. Probably from all that twisting around I was doing yesterday while painting. I’m going back out there in a few minutes to put another gallon on. This will be gallon five.
Have a good day. I’ll talk to you later.
Tom
Dear [Ann],
Well, sounds like you’re making progress toward what (it seems) the both of you want – that [your daughter] not live there anymore. That’s probably for the best, as she seems to have gone beyond your ability to discipline. She does not respect you as her mother, and this is quite a dangerous thing. Hopefully, she can get somewhere where they’ll whip her into shape, and you can return to some semblance of a peaceful life.
Nope, no fence today. It rained on and off this morning, and I just heard a few drops hit the case of the air conditioner in the office here, a few minutes ago. So it seems like more rain is on the way. That’s just as well, for I’m very tired today. Even though I got close to 11 hours of sleep last night, I still feel quite worn-out. This would be a good day to just relax. I’m going to work on 2002 some more, and do the paperwork for the wedding this weekend.
Hope things go as you wish they would today. Take care and talk to you later.
Tom
Dear [Lex],
Yes, [Jack] informed me of what [Rick] did to you with the train and all. Not very considerate, was he.
I imagine you’ll get an earful this weekend, if you go out to eat with [Rick]. He’ll probably be hot that I’m not speaking to him. But I’ve just had it with how selfish and dogmatic he acts, and how there’s never any room for anyone else’s opinions except his own. He never even acknowledges that someone else might be right at times.
I don’t plan on seeing him for quite some time. We may be friends again someday. But he’s got a lot of apologizing to do. Knowing him though, I don’t think he’ll ever do that. Thus, we won’t be friends again. Friendship with him is just too stressful. It’s time he be made to feel the consequences of treating people as badly as he does – ignoring their feelings, attempting to ruin their relationships with others, and so on.
Well, perhaps you, [Jack], and me can start a new circle of friends.
Later,
Tom Hesley
Dear [Lex],
I’m not happy with [Rick] these days myself. He came to Pittsburgh with me last week, to my school alumni weekend, and behaved badly there. I was so embarrassed.
At any rate, I told him not to bother calling me, and that I’d call him when I’m ready, although that might take a long time. He really made me mad this time, that coupled with how he tried to break up me and a young lady I was seeing in January by telling her all sorts of propaganda about me.
He hasn’t treated me much like a friend lately, and I’m just tired of how interacting with him makes me feel stress. When you’re with [Jack], ask him about it. He knows the whole story about the alumni weekend that [Rick] foiled with his lack of manners and overt pushiness.
Hope you’re doing well.
Take care,
Tom Hesley
Dear [Ann],
The weather is nice here. I’ve been just adding more songs, putting things away, folding laundry, and such.
I’m glad [KC] approves of me. Yep, she’s pretty cool herself, although I got her to give the first demerits she ever gave to anyone at the school. So, at one time, her opinion of me was not quite so glowing.
Well, back to work.
Later,
Tom Hesley
Dear Carl,
All is well.
Camp was fun, as usual.
The cold is still here but almost gone. It was a nasty one.
I’ll check about the counselors addresses. I’m not sure if I have them and won’t be able to check until early next week, when I get back from Pittsburgh.
Haven’t heard from anyone from camp except [Rick], because he’s coming to Pittsburgh with me tomorrow.
Later,
Tom Hesley