Nov. 6

It's been and up and down week! Catherine phoned in tears yesterday, and I felt I should go back, especially when I spoke to her again yesterday afternoon and she was still crying. I would have to miss Sheralyn and Jack coming and several teaching gigs but I was ready to go. Then she called early this morning to say that she slept last night and she is much better - no need for me to go. However, I will go to her shower on the 18th, or at least that is the hope. I will order tonight. Heather's birthday today and at least we got a couple of Facebook messages from her. I sent her good wishes and her birthday money. She is in Nelson tonight and says she will be closer to home next week and will see us then. Alex put out some feelers today. We had a long talk about how to work out this situation of him being home. Expectations, etc. I think we needed to clear the air. I'm glad he got out there and really hope he gets something soon! I know he wants to move out and we are so ready for him to do that. It's election day and we are watching the votes come in. It is very close! We hope Obama gets in, of course, but it is so close that there will be problems running the country. We are going to the cabin on Thursday, and since I work tomorrow, I got busy today and made tuna casserole and sweet&sour chicken so that there won't be a lot of cooking to do. I also made a pizza (very good) and some sausage rolls with the extra dough/sausages. Little Ava's stocking is looking good. It's important to do a good job because she will probably use it for her whole life, at least I hope she will. Maybe she will just decide to get her own stocking when she's bigger. I still have mine! Anyway, I am missing Heather and wishing we could be together. Have a great birthday and a wonderful 29th year!