1) So very grateful for Kate and her willingness to stay with our kids.  I know that they will be happy, safe and have fun while we are gone.  I can't wait to get away and have a little bit of downtime.  I am almost afraid to breathe until we are on the road.

2) Alex took his pre-testing for the GED today.  We are all ready to move on and let him be able to get his college classes started.  It has been hard to wait for the age requirement.

3) Hmmm, not so glad the weather got cold and rainy, but happy that the rain made the deer poop "moosh" into the lawn so that it doesn't look like a chocolate jelly bean factory exploded anymore.  I don't know how (and don't want to) but somehow it just absorbed.  loll