The girls are on vacation.  Ya is spending the night at a friend's and tomorrow they'll take the bus to the beach and spend the day. H traveled with Aunt B to the cousins' and will stay there with Ii and R for a few days.  They are near the sea and their apartment complex has a large pool.  She's excited ( Read more... )

Actually I tried for  a picture of the spider that scared A so much, but it didn't wait until I came back with the camera.  I was thinking maybe
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G and M came over to sit in the sun in our yard today. G is on antibiotics and may have pneumonia. The doctor told her not to go back to work yet. It was nice to visit with them. M has avoided coming by since the ex attacked him and pounded his head into a wall when M suggested he treat me better. As usual M insisted on cleaning the outdoor ( Read more... )

Well, I was doing pretty good today. Then I started thinking about all the things I'm not doing. Then I got really depressed. Then I wasn't doing so well. B saved the day. I didn't want to tell her how depressed I was, but ended up crying about what a joke my life is. Then I was laughing because after talking about it, it didn't seem so bad. ( Read more... )

Lightening pretty close. So far no snow, but heavy rain. G called today and said if it snows tomorrow I should expect to hear from her children. I said mine would want to come up there, since the snow rarely sticks down here. She said, in that case send them to school. This is the meaning of "fair-weather friend ( Read more... )