My mom, sister and nieces leave for Scotland tomorrow. They'll be gone 10 days. I'm going to miss my mom so much. I also am on dog/chicken sitting duties which I'm stressed out about because a raccoon got into our chicken coop and killed (our favorite; it's always the favorite) the other day. My mom spent hours today sealing the place the raccoon got in but they tend to come back when they've found prey. I hope it is sealed up well enough and terrified it's not. I cannot handle a dead chicken. I'd have to call my brother who lives nearly 2 hours away. But he'd have to come make some repairs anyway since I can't be outside in this heat for more than a few minutes. So I am going to be fighting my OCD all the time they are gone.

I just hope they have a good time. That's the important thing.