I am spending the day painting Polly’s room. I figured I’d be wise to take advantage of her being out of town. She’ll either be very angry with me when she gets home or very pleased that her room looks so much better.

Later we will cook dinner on the grill and light a few fireworks.

I am hoping that we will soon see the return of the troops overseas, home safely.

I hope that you all have a wonderful day.

How can I be all packed and still sitting here in my too hot house you ask?

Well, the short version: Nathan had a bit of an “episode” (do 15 year olds have tantrums?) and we decided it best that he not go to a condo where he would have the police called on him for sure if he was unable to calm himself down. So, here I am. I still wanted Polly to get to go, so she went without me. I hope that everyone has a lot of fun. I scheduled a doctor’s appointment for Nathan. Most of the time he is just like a regular young man, and it is easy to forget there’s anything wrong and then something like this happens and smack, I feel like I am walking on eggshells around my own child again. Tomorrow will be a better day. I am thinking of going and getting my nails done as a treat for myself. I’ve never done it before. If I can get over my “strangers touching me” phobia it might be just the thing to perk me up. And so much cheaper than cocaine.