I'm at the library where they have fantastic wireless service. I'm loving the weather here. Amazingly there hasn't been a hard frost yet, and seeing a true fall is wonderful. My sleep has been so-so and on bad days it translates into physical pain, but over all it is going well. My mother is going to pay for an extra month of car rental so I can take her back and forth to the Mayo for tests. She's 85 and has heart issues. My sister who usually goes with her took off with her hubby for a retirement camping vacation around the south. She's currently in Arizona. I do worry a bit about moms health but she is doing better than she was a few years ago. The hard part for her is that her two closes siblings died, her brother last year and sister 10yrs ago. My father died 20 years ago so she is feeling alone. My daughter said that after she goes she doesn't think there will be anyone to keep the family together and I think she might be right. My mother is the heart of our family. I get along fine with my oldest sister but we don't have much in common and my other sister has always hated me, just because--no real reason. Mom keeps trying to find a reason but there isn't any she was the baby for 11 years then I came along and she became a middle child. However she and my daughter get a long ok so that is good news. It will be nice to be here though thanksgiving.

I hope most of you are doing really well and for those not doing so well, ....hang in there. Most of our problems really are temporary. Doesn't make them any easier to bear but life is constant change.