Famous Jason and Penny Pics

For years when I got email from Penny (and I got a lot of Penny email, or P-mail) I always noticed a rather curious thing. I have yet to find the official name for it but I have seen it called a nickname, a lookup name, a real name but it is NOT an "alias." Beside my email address, in parenthesis, I was labeled "Famous Jason." This is apparently how I was listed in Penny's address book. I don't exactly know why I got that label. This was well before this whole Krystal Kid thing really got started. As you saw in my previous post Penny had plenty of options for names to use for me. I guess I was just thankful was "Famous Jason" not "INfamous Jason." Penny always did see more in me than I saw in myself. She always fought for me, defended me, and encouraged me. Would I be where I am today if not for Penny? I doubt it. I may never know exactly how I got to be "Famous Jason" but that's ok. I'm just honored by the title. This past week has been my attempt to make sure the whole world knows about "Famous Penny." I very much appreciate you allowing me this aside from the usual Krystal Kraziness. For those who have posted comments and sent emails, I do VERY much appreciate them. This past week has been a rough week for me. Between dealing with the loss of Penny and the end of the semester, I have more or less been in a haze the past 2 weeks. (Or as Penny was fond of saying, I was "shot out!") But starting on Monday it's time to get back to work. Krystal Adventure will return to "normal" (as if it ever was.) Like me, Penny hated it when she was kept away from work. Mostly because she knew without her there to manage things, it would be a disaster upon her return. And then she'd have to clean it all up. I cannot imagine life at Mercer CompSci, AP (After Penny). If you visit Mercer's CompSci website they've been running a nice tribute to Penny for the past week where people can upload their own Penny pictures. I quickly went out to find some, knowing that I would have a lot of Penny and hockey pictures. But as I dug through my pictures I found a severe lack of picture of Penny. It was then that I realized that most of the time Penny was taking the pictures, not me. So I have a large collection of pictures from Penny's point of view. Penny Hated the Columbus Cottonmouths But she did enjoy the rough stuff.I suppose if you were to ask Penny what she wanted to be famous for, I am fairly sure it would be for raising her kids Ricky and Amber (who you can see in pictures at the CS website.) As I was looking through the pictures, I realized that I'd watched them both grow up over the past 15+ years. Ricky's grown up like a weed and Amber's gone from being a little girl to a mother-to-be. All a living tribute to Penny. That is why I chose today, Mother's Day, as the proper day to wrap up this week of celebration of Penny, Famous Penny. With the greatest of love, -Famous Jason, Thumper, or Robin