Well....

My youngest was sick all week; possibly Covid, perhaps a flu.

We cuddled on the couch and watched movies together every night last week. My oldest came home at lunch on Friday and began edging the driveway, weeding, and cleaning the yard He worked until about 8pm. He lifted the drain grate in the driveway and unplugged the drain of leaves. At 8:30 he went to visit neighbors. When he came back, he sat across the room from us and watched a zombie movie with us until midnight, then we all went out in the front yard and watched the northern lights.

Saturday we all slept in. He spent another couple of hours on the driveway. I got another old project vehicle running Saturday afternoon and we're going to start working on the body and frame of it next week. I also got my lawn tractor fixed and got two loads of laundry done. He went with his GF to go for a hike in the afternoon. Neighbors called and invited me up for coffee at 3pm. Then I mowed for a few hours. DD and I had dinner together and watched more zombie movies.

The big fella came home Saturday night and we watched TV together, then we all went and sat on lawn chairs in the yard and watched the northern lights until 1AM. I went to bed and the kids stayed up.

Sunday, DD was pretty exhausted and slept quite a bit. I mowed and did yard work for a few hours, got a workout in. Neighbors called and asked me and the big kid to help lift a big stone bench in their yard and we stayed and had coffee with them. After, I made dinner for us and the big kid brought his GF over.

After dinner his GF left, and we all hung out and watched more zombie movies until 10pm.

The big kid is HOME at every opportunity. He loves is at home with us. He keeps talking about things he wants to do with the property to make it more useable and enjoyable for us all.

I'm telling ya.... It's a hard old life these days

I still miss my wife. I still write and delete emails all the time, wondering if I can reach her or get through to her.

I'm sure she is telling a story of being victimized, and she probably was heartbroken she was alone for Mother's Day, without an ounce of self realization that she caused all of it herself.

RDMercer