What a great visit we all had in Ohio. Stressful, exhausting, but nontheless wonderful. The whole hospice thing is the way to go; I loved being able to spend dad's last weeks with him and share the time w/ the whole family, knowing dad was right there with us.

Grace and I had a good trip back. We found the most awesome zoo in the middle of nowhere in Kansas and that was probably the highlight of the trip; she had never been to a zoo before.

We got home last Sunday and I have spent the entire week in a lazy funk, unable to do anything but lay on the bed/couch/floor and veg. I managed to spend some time w/ all my babies, but I didn't even have enough energy to do that for long. Temps of 111 every day don't help much either. BTW, I did break up w/ Dan the day I got back. We are going to try to maintain a relationship and I really hope we can. He is so very sweet, just not the love of my life anymore.

I have 2 more weeks before I go back to work and am looking forward to the challenge of my new position as the counselor at 2 alternative ed sites instead of just one.

Mom, hang in there. I'm glad Colton was able to help a little longer. He is a good boy.

Love, Marcia