but, at least there is a bright side to things.

My daughter has been saving her pennies over the past year, and we used it to order a refurbished iPod Touch last week. She’s eagerly awaiting the arrival of a lovely brown box, stalking the door, hoping to ambush the UPS guy.

Yesterday, both the UPS and FEDEX trucks rolled down our street, depositing neat cardboard boxes on the front stoop. She dashed eagerly outside to retrieve them, only to find out that they contained back-ordered school uniforms, and her youth bible for religion class.

Boy. That was NOT a happy face.

I cannot remember who on my Facebook timeline posted this video last week, but it sure did cheer me the hell up!

Just a quick update, so no one thinks this blogger has disappeared. My sister and I are working hard to help Mom move into a super-duper retirement apartment. The move seems to be going well; we still have a lot of unpacking to get to today.

It’s still hot.

I am positive my sister is sick of being here. She’s essentially given up her entire summer to help.

My son starts school in one week. I have not bought any pencils. Where the hell did all the time go?!?!?!?

Puppies are cute.

Heh.

The post below this one is password protected. It’s a small bit about what my family went through the past few weeks.   You can email me (saintseester@saintseester.com) and I might give you the password.

Please understand, it is in no way personal if I ignore your request for a password.  I will not be giving it to people who know my family in real day-to-day life.   I still had to write about it and get some of it off my mind.

Updated:  I decided to make that post private for a while.    It’s just too raw.