You wake up one morning and realize that half the year has flown by. There is only one week left in July and then it is fall and school starts and it is Christmas.

One would hope that the seemingly swift passage of time is due to have a good time.  Isn’t time supposed to drag when things are not going well?

Yet I find that the last 6 months has not been so joyful.  There have been moments of peace and laughter but mostly I remember trials and tribulations.

The grand kids have been here for the usual summer visit and when they are here everything else flies out the window.  The girls and I built a virtual village on line.  That takes a lot of time.  Then they went home and I am left with 3 villages.  I suppose it is the momma in me that requires me to continue to nurture the virtual villages instead of just deleting them.

The boys were in and out.  They have gotten so grown up.  The oldest will be in college this fall.  The younger one really has a flair and the ear for music.  He has been learning to play my piano.  Funny when he was a child we could not tie him to the piano for a lesson.  Bought him an electronic keyboard for his birthday.  Now he can practice at home.

We wanted to buy a cheaper used keyboard. A couple of deals fell through. I was going to the grocery store and decided to stop in at Radio Shack which is next door to the grocery store. They had a discontinued keyboard for half price and I bought it.  That evening when my husband came home from work he had a keyboard. He had stopped at a few pawn shops.  Now we had 2 keyboards.

My daughter was delighted.  Now she had a keyboard too and could take it with her to her new apartment for college.  She will be starting her Masters this fall.

We still have the foster cat and 3 kittens.  Momma Cat hates my dog and we cannot have the dog in the house when the cats are out of their little room.  She will attack the dog without any provocation.  I realize she is protective of the kittens but she carries it too far. There is still no room at the shelter.  We have decided to spay Momma Cat and then put her outside.

The kittens are almost feral even though they have always been in the house.  They will not let you pick them up and run and hide if you come near them.  They are almost 3 months old now and have learned to hide very well.  The shelter will not take them unless they are tame and cuddly. They told me to separate Momma Cat from the kittens and spend time every day with the kittens to socialize them.

Of course the daughter who started this whole thing is now too busy to take any responsibility for finding these cats a permanent home. Her solution is call the pound.

So here we sit. My daughter is packing her stuff to move to her apartment in Lubbock.  We move her on the 20th of August.  Every room in the house has boxes.  Her bedroom has boxes stacked on every wall. We have way too much furniture because some of it is going to her apartment. Cats running everywhere.  Dog upset because she can’t come in the house. Rooms that you cannot even walk into and we still need to find her a used washer and dryer.

How is your summer going?

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until next time – smile
Sharon
AnswersForYourHealth.com