Our house seems so quiet with just Greg and I here.  We have been doing the &quot;houseguest&quot; routine for 2 weeks now.  I have a brother who lives in Tulsa who is severely retarded.  I heard from his caregiver today and she said that they are bringing him out next weekend because the 13th is his birthday and he wants to come here for it.  He will be staying with the social worker who is bringing him, at a hotel about a mile from my house and I will be cooking him a big birthday dinner and doing a mini birthday party with my family here.  I am his legal guardian as our parents are dead, but as my other brothers all live in the Tulsa area, he continues to live in a group home there.  When my mom passed away 11 yrs. ago, I did look into moving him out here but discovered that they do not have the programs here that he is in now, and there is a waiting list of about 10 yrs. to get him any kind of help.  Plus, the only help they offered at that time was to be &quot;institutionalized&quot; and that was not even an option.  He lives in a house with one other retarded boy (I saw &quot;boy, they are both in their 40&#39;s) and they have a staff that cares for them and are always with them.  He goes to baseball games, and camp and bowling and lots of other things so there was no way I wanted to uproot him from what he is familiar with.  Greg has to go into the office for a bit tomorrow so I will be alone for the first time in a week - I am actually looking forward to that.  Hope you all are having a great week and take heart - it is almost Friday&#33;&#33;&#33;