Packing my bag

I'm headed to the "People's Coast", one of my favorite places, this afternoon for our church's weekend women's retreat. I'm picking up a good friend along the way, and we'll have a lovely hour-long chat en route. It's supposed to be rainy there like it is here, but that's okay. The big vacation home we're using is a warm and welcoming place with lots of nooks for cozy solitude, and I'm taking both knitting and spinning projects to work on; I would miss my usual long walks on the beach, though!

The only sunshine around here right now is on a spindle and in the flowerbeds,

so Lance will get at least two more days off. 😕

Earlier this week; he got yesterday off, too.

Getting away this week-end will helpful in transitioning back to full time parenting. Brian came home Tuesday night, dumped ALL his stuff on our couch, and has resisted all suggestions to deal with it. Tired of being ignored, I am going to ignore it; maybe Rick will get fed up with the mess enough to bring the hammer down, so to speak.

We're having other 'fun' with Brian, too; typical teenage attitude stuff. He had a great time on the mission trip, but it didn't magically mature him. He is forgetting all about the fun he had in the face of the schoolwork he now has to catch up on – while keeping up on current assignments. Boys just wanna have FUN, doncha know? School is STUPID; yada yada yada. Yep, a little weekend break will help me ease back in to dealing with all this. 🙄

That's it for now, from rainy, whiny . . .