I was off at Disneyworld with our three kids, turning 50 in the magic
kingdom. Basically wasn't home a single weekend in October, so house
looks like a bomb went off in it.

By the way - we had 180 kids at the door on Halloween. Phew!!

Can someone come over here and help me shovel out the mess??

Mary

midterms and many essays to write

and MIL MUCH much easier to take care of these days.... she doesn't do much;
doesn't get into much trouble ....

Busy here.....Already went to vote .  On my way to help Mom with her  shower
this morning.  Take the cat to the vet,  grocery shop, go back and pick up
Mom and bring her home for supper and wait on the grandkids to get here,
pretty much a normal day  Mom turns 87 tomorrow.   She said birthdays don't
excite her too much anymore, I've been a member of that club for years!
.......June

Just doing the 'mom' thing. Supervising homework, running kids to activities
and weekend Halloween and birthday parties. Dealing with sick kids. Some
synagogue stuff, too. Just the usual day to day stuff of a stay-at-home.

My mom was having some real problems medically. But things are beginning to
sort out now that we have moved her care to a different oncologist. Getting
her out of a hospital which kept making errors re: her allergies and her
medication orders has been a plus, too. She's in a rehab facility now
recovering from pneumonia. She became very weak from a cascade of stuff;
also is only using the upper lobes of her lungs, so she is getting PT and
OT. Getting her effective RT has been an issue. But my sister is a singer
and has been doing breathing exercises with her is place of RT. It amounts
to the same thing; getting her to use her entire lung(s) when breathing.

Adelle

Holiday in Jamaica .... arrived back in the UK today to rain, cold and
general November gloom:-)