Ok fine, I’m busy.  August is gone – taken up by hours of work and frankly I’m not sure what else.  Poof.  Gone.  Another summer.

Coming up are months with one or more weeks of travel each month – starting this week with a trip to the midwest for a live NFL game (the first in my life).  End of the month is my wedding anniversary and probably another trip to mid-west in early October.  October also brings my first trip to Montreal.  Then Dallas in November, California in December.  Need to find a weekend to fly to FL and see my sister in November, too.

There have been some custody changes with 2 of my grandkids and we will all be seeing a lot less of them.  I’m considering talking with my attorney about grandparent visitation.  Haven’t decided yet since once I do it, I need to stay committed to it.  Oldest grandson’s mother is on a self-something-or-other trip – as in she wants to do what she wants to do and avoid the responsibilities of parenthood which she thought she really wanted while in her 20’s.  However, her current path leaves those of us trying to look out for the kids in a bad place – as in this morning she didn’t come home so I took eldest to school and will assume he’ll call if no one picks him up this afternoon.  it’s a 86 mile round trip to his house, so I’m not volunteering.  I do have to say to someone (and you, poor reader, are it) that if I did this to my mother I might not live long enough to do it ever again.

Fall is here and some projects which require open air in the house are on the agenda.  We enjoy a long mild fall most years and are hoping for that in 2015.  I’m also looking at some fall planting.  Putting in trees or shrubs in this area is a terrible mistake if you try it in spring – the weather gets hot FAST and droughts are fickle.  They just love to show up after you’ve spent $500 at Lowe’s Garden Center.

In a surprisingly decent mood given lots of external turmoil.  🙂  Working on “contented”.