Mom is going home today -- she has been here for two weeks and we've really enjoyed her visit.
It is a 3 hour drive to take her home, but my brother and I split the distance and meet and swap her from one car to the other. That way, 3 hours and we are all back at our own homes.
.......I know Mom will enjoy being back to her own routine -- her BF has called her every morning, exchanging information. Unfortunately, BF has bad arthritis and the recent rains have her rather stove up........"stove up" Do you know that term? I guess I spelled it right -- it means having trouble getting around -- stove is the past tense of stave, which has to do with parts of a barrel -- staves. Anyway, she has been hurting. Mom doesn't seem to have that many problems with arthritis, but, unfortunately, I don't take after her.
............Good news! My YD has a new job -- will do orientation on Oct 5. This will be something new for her, and will be part time, but we are hoping for 30 - 35 hours/wk. It won't pay all the bills but will certainly help. Bad news is that she will be working odd hours, evenings and weekends, I'm sure, and no benefits. That means that child care will be a problem and someplace where we will have to step in and assist with V. I have mixed emotions about that, but school will take most of her days so we will have her in the evenings. We will manage, I'm sure, and we are just praising God that YD has this job in these hard economic times. Every day we hear of more people losing their jobs. A cousin lost hers yesterday -- she's in her 50's and was let go, possibly, so that she wouldn't be there when she hit the age where she would be due full retirement. Such a sleazy way of treating your employees!

Take care, everyone, and drop me a note when you visit. I love hearing from everyone!