long time gone
Mom left this morning. We had that sad drive to the airport. (thank God it’s only 10 minutes away) it’s so quiet now. It’s amazing how much one person can make such a difference-and i mean that in a good way. Like always I am finding little remnants of her visit- her coffee cup, her towel, pillow…. All that remind me that she was here cause it hasn’t quiet sunk in that she’s not here now. It’s hard living away from family. We had a really good time- especially yesterday. I worry about mom- her back is really bad again. She’s in constant pain. She had an MRI the day before she came. I hope she doesn’t have to have another back surgery. Poor mom- she’s been plagued with this her whole life. She thanked me for taking care of her- i don’t really see it as that. It’s just what you do when you love someone.
Fredrick is still alive today. 
His metamorphous has started- he doesn’t swim around as much and his tail is getting shorter. in a week he will be a frog- or not.
We had a big BBQ for my mom last night. She had some friends over- and my cousin Vic and his baby and wife came as well. Baby Abby is pretty darn cute. She’s 7 months now and sitting up, rolling over, laughing a lot. It was sweet to see her interact with the boys. They had fun making her laugh. I so enjoy seeing my cousin as a daddy. He is such an amazing father. He was doing all these crazy moves to make Abby laugh and I was in hysterics. I’m taken a back sometimes when I think that at one point Vic was my baby cousin and now he has his own baby. Baby Abby looks like him in so many ways- except the color of her eyes and hair. It takes me back 30 years to when Victor was that little- it’s like we get to do it all again.
I need to upload pictures in my gallery. It’s been FOREVER.
Mick’s friend is here to do something to our deck. I better go supervise!
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