"YABBER-LINER" - ALL ABOARD

Oh....one other thing.... do you know what is the one of the most beautiful things in the world?




Being 35000 in the air and flying into the sunrise.



Just wanted to share that - got the image in my head this minute - it was soooooo soooooo beautiful.


GONE xox

Quick trip on board to check in with the crew. Glad to see WV and Tulip/Annis have made it back.

Great news about Noah, Brooke. Thanks for the update.

Izzie -- I'm glad you and S_ had an uneventful trip back. As to our shared time here, words can't describe... I know you know.

I returned on Tuesday, spent a day or two fighting fires on the work front, did a quick couple loads of laundry and worked three SL shows in two days in Chicago and Madison. I'm home now and, other than getting daughter M back to her school-year routine on Wednesday and daughter K delivered to her dorm on Saturday, things should begin to calm down.

hey to dev, missy, alex, dutchy, jw, and urs -- I hope Sunday treated you nicely.

Hey Izzie, we are doing well here. Unfortunately, it seems that the new business has a rocky start and BigDice will have to look for a new location. Oh well, more experience for us, I guess... Tomorrow he will have the driving test for his driver's licence. Lots of exciting things going on!
Urs

Yeah...That Faye - she has dropped a load of rain on us. My crawl space has flooded. Never happened before. I have things in there. BIG mistake. Been up to my ankles in muddy water shifting and shoving and wet vaccing. ick. So tomorrow I get to empty a crawl space and start reconfiguring everything. Dagnabbit.

All in all a good Sunday though. Could be worse - thankful it wasn't the house or the garage.

I AM going to bed early tonight.

ooohhhh -- sorry to hear about the business dilemma, urs. I hope the new space works out well.

mis -- ARrrrgghhh! After all that cleaning??? Sorry, hun -- thinking of you. Has it stopped raining yet?

Nope - tomorrow and Tues. Lovely. Oh well...I will just keep wet vaccing until we can afford a sump pump I suppose.

How are you - whatcha' been up to today JPB?

We got back from Madison around midday then I went through 3 weeks worth of mail sorting bills, school stuff and junk (mostly junk). Now I'm playing. As much as I hate going through the mail pile (that's why I only do it once or twice a month) I'd rather do that than deal with what you're dealing with. HUGS!

K is starting to do the push/pull of wanting to be on her own, not convinced she can pull it off, wanting me to get maudlin about her leaving (you can't wait to get rid of me... < sigh > ), and wanting us to stay out of her life. All perfectly normal, all perfectly exasperating for everyone concerned.

Yeah, perfectly normal, but...whew! I guess it's nature's way of making us ready to push them out of the nest.

Glad I don't have to deal with that just yet. We're going through the First Week of High School jitters here. It's tough to go from being one of the big dogs to a know-nothing freshman. Plus, there's the dreaded increase in responsibilities and homework, and several of SonofEva's hang-out buddies decided to attend different high schools, so he'll have to make some new friends. He's alternated between being sad, elated, disoriented and exhausted. Who says boys don't go through emotional rollercoasters, too?

Oh, Eva! I've got a freshman too! She's basically doing the same thing. So nice to know I'm not alone!

Dipping into my sympathy store to send some, plus hugs, to the last few posters here Urs, Mismi, Dev, Eva. Life is very character-forming sometimes! Good to share our experiences. xxx

Ah, that it is, wv.

Hey crew -

I had a good nite. Lots of dancing round the fire and singing Bat Out Of Hell and Bon Jovi at the top of my voice. My BigBoy was great - he wouldn't come home with me - black and white autism says our family broke up - therefore - he cannot come back into my home - he explained this in detail. I understand him. We had a great talk. He hugged everyone - he hugged my Father and said "I love you man" - my father cried - we laughed - he told us all how much he loved us and apologised for the next thousand times he tells us that he hates us all before he tells us he loves us again. I told him he didn't need to apologise. We know.

It was a good nite for everyone. A turning point maybe.

So very tired now - but good tired. I danced and sang til I could dance and sing no more. Badly on both counts - loving every minute of it - with a cuppa Earl Grey in my hand. We had two big fires - the children made pictures in the nite with the ends of their smouldering sticks and we had marshmallows.

Home alone now.... smiling.... tired. Feeling.... strange. The people who I hadn't seen in a year - they said I was "glowing" - they said I looked "new" - that's kinda good. People can see "me" now.

Love y'all - sleep big everyone. xox

Thanks, WV and Dev!

While it's tough to watch him go through this, I keep reminding myself that it's HIS adjustment to make, not mine. All I can do is sympathize. Honestly, I wouldn't be that age again for anything in the world.

Ooh, that sounds so good, Izzie! I haven't danced around a fire in years.

Hugs muffin.

Love ya,
Rock

Oh, Iz-! I'm so happy for you. Sounds so wonderful!
And I agree with you on both those last posts, Eva!

Izzie...... Happy...happy...happy for you! Smiling big here!

WV - Mis - Dev - Eva - Dutchy -RH - JPB - Urs - Beth- Alex and everyone else ....have a great week coming up!

Much love!

Hey, Brooke! Good ta see ya, girlie!

You too, honey bunch! Are you feeling ok tonight?

Morning crew, happy to read all the beautiful postings, seems crew and ship is heading in right direction since the Captain has returned. You're a wonderful uplifting bunch, I feel on top of the world, even if I live downunder.