On this the 28th of August

On this the 28th of August I bid you hello. My phone is, how shall we say, dead, deceased, no longer functioning, and so forth. Therefore you should call me at home after 3.30pm today. I am happy you have invited our comrade to this little writing party, and I think it a wise choice as the triangle formed by the three of us is a very stable shape.
How are your family? All of them are well I hope. Please send them my regards and express my wishes for their health and happiness, as well as my thanks for them letting me stay with them. Please give Alex a cracker for me and then let him jump on you repeatedly. You are of course welcome in Cleveland at any time. Seriously, even if you want to come when I'm not hear, that's cool also.
Ehem...I don't really do very much. My days are pretty boring. About three days a week I work in the office, not the fun one in Scranton with John Krasinski that is filled with wit and humor, no the law one where I file things and research things. The other days I attempt to purchase things for my forthcoming journey and spend time with my very loving family. I also watch Koong.
I opened a bank account and applied for my first credit card. It was very exciting and I get 50 free checks. Why this is important, I do not know but the woman that opened the account seemed adamant that this was a good thing. I think perhaps she was trying to induce my purchase of some more. I, however, don't use checks and will be out of the country and consequently unable to use them, so I evaded her skillful trap. My checks with be a tanish sort of color and my debit card will be yellow, I did not receive information on the color of my credit card; it will however be a visa. I am so overcome with excitement that I need to pause here.
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Today I am going to pick my father up from the airport as he has been in New York visiting my step-mother who is in a new play which is opening this weekend. I must therefore clean the car which gets very dirty in his absence as I am comfortable with a certain level of clothing and various objects floating around that he finds appalling. This will take several minutes for me to do. However, before I go there, I think I will go to the gym to which I apparently have a one month membership, therefore I will need to charge my iPod so that I will not have to speak to anyone. I find myself missing Les Miz music, you are to blame for this.
Oh, goodness! I forgot to tell you. I am writing a piano piece. It is in g-minor and then moves into D-major and then d-minor and then back into g-minor. However, I have only written half of it a present. The first part apparently sounds like Chopin and the second like Beethoven- this probably is caused by the fact I was playing Fur Elise and Nocturne in E flat before I began it. I also think I will start working on a new Chopin piece and freshen up some other things. This is slightly difficult as my mother and sister find my playing annoying. This may be because I do it for multiple hours without ceasing but I find their objections quite hurtful.
I am hoping to come visit you in Strasbourg soon and have been attemting to find a cheep airfare. If you hear of any rumors of mysterious cargo planes flying in and out, let me know so I can steal aboard. That is all, Eleanor