Hello Cheryl and MaryLou&#33;  <br /><br />Thanks guys&#33;  I guess on my part while I can&#39;t part the red sea I&#39;m good for letting people know no matter what the loss there is light at the end of the tunnel and as someone said a while back... it doesn&#39;t get better, it just gets different.   <br /><br />Good morning Sue&#33;  I&#39;m so glad to be back&#33;&#33;&#33; <br /><br />Cheryl...sane, who said I was sane?   ::::evil grin::::  hahahahahahahahah  I guess I feel God only gives you what you can handle and while this isn&#39;t a religious board I believe firmly I&#39;ll see my son again so THAT is what keeps me sane.  That and alcohol and the casino and dancing....  hehe  I know things every good Christian should be doing.    If God has a sense of humor then so do I.   When Steve left me on the fifth or sixth day I told God that enough was enough and I couldn&#39;t handle it any more.  It wasn&#39;t good and I was thinking rather darkly.  Next day he was back and I thought...WOW and of course went to church that week.  A week later he wanted to go on a vacation and hinted around a cruise and then I decided okay because I could choose.  I thought really WOW.  A week later I found you guys and my new home.  I thought really really WOW.  And that&#39;s my story and I&#39;m sticking with it&#33;<br /><br />I can say it&#39;s been strange having someone here living who isn&#39;t a child of mine...hahaha  Night one of the stranger in my house (okay not really a stranger but I like to call it that) has gone good.  Wednesday I have Layla which should make for an interesting evening.  Our new &quot;roommate&quot; is getting back on where I work but it will take a couple of weeks.   &#39;09 certainly brings some new adjustments.  I just look at extra rent income as cruise money.  Literally&#33;  <br /><br />I may have to work a 12 to 14 hour shift today.  I need the hours.  I came home early yesterday to be home when DD came over before she went into work.   I&#39;ll check in then or mid day if I have the time.<br /><br />Take care and good luck with that weather MaryLou&#33;&#33;&#33;  Hoping for no power outages. <br /><br />