I'm home

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Hi All,

Well, I got home last night and boy was I glad to see my babies.

Greta was beside herself with joy and jumping on me and smiling and

twirling around and all so Louie and Cliff had a hard time getting

to me. In any case, everyone got some attention and Snuggles came

out to greet me. Then I went in to the study and said hi to Maddie

and Sienna. I could tell Maddie especially was glad to see me and

started purring and all. She is the one least likely to have asked

for attention while I was gone. Carmen was asleep when I got home

so filled me in and left. I got myself unpacked and found

my meds and went to bed fairly soon after getting home as I was

exhausted. Nevertheless it took me hours to get to sleep. I am

pretty glad to be home and sleeping in my own bed with animals to

keep me company.

cleaned the house before she left so that is a plus. The

cat room stinks and so today I will wash all the bedding the pets

sleep on. One of the beds looks like someone had some diarrhea. I

don't know when that happened and said she went in

everyday to change water and didn't notice a smell. It was so bad I

had to open the windows. Evidently there were three storms while I

was away so there is lots of snow, but it is clear out today and

quite pretty to look at.

No rent check was waiting for me so I have a call in to my tenants.

I do have a postal slip saying there is a letter from them, so I am

hoping I am not hearing them give notice or something. I also had a

call from the animal shelter asking if they can adopt a dog, so I

don't really think they are moving, but who knows. Fortunately I

should have two week's pay checks plus room and board check for

January for Carmen waiting to be picked up tomorrow, so I can pay

the mortgage on time. The last day I can pay is the 10th without a

late fee so hopefully I can get that done.

All in all the trip went well. I really enjoyed being part of a

family and although I was tense some about how to act and what I

could do and such without causing problems, things really went

well. I did ask my brother what he thought before I left and he

said he thought things had gone well and that I hadn't left stuff to

be cleaned up and had offered to help and such. Of course all he

referred to were these things that I changed, but I know there was a

lot more he was upset about in the past. In any case, Logan and I

spent a good bit of time unpacked his room and getting it organized

and also playing some together and I really think he enjoyed my

being there. When I hugged him goodbye at the airport he didn't

want to let go and I had to tell him he had to three times.

on the other hand I didn't see all that much. She would sleep half

the day and then spend a good amount of time in her room. Moody

teenager I guess. I'm not sure she felt comfortable with me, but I

don't really know. She gave me a quick hug at the airport. I'll

have to ask my brother what she says about my being there. I tried

to be with her some but when I offered to play a game or something

she would turn me down. But she also wasn't feeling all that well

when I was there so that could have been some of it too.

In any case, when we said goodbye my brother said he was glad I had

come, so I think that was genuine and maybe things are now able to

move forward and we can move on and form a better relationship.

Sandrea