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Monday will mark the first day of "going to work" for me. Yup, for the first time in 11 1/2 years I will be driving off to work Monday through Friday. :faint: No sneakers, no baggy t-shirts, no "no makeup"!!! :fear: :fingerscrossed: Panic!! :giggle:

Okay, so I volunteered to share the driving from Miami to Austin and finally to Dallas and flew back home after getting a good night's sleep! My cousin needed someone to accompany her and her dog on the trek to Austin, so I volunteered! ~yesyesyesplz (https://www.deviantart.com/yesyesyesplz) I love driving....especially long "kick-ass" (as my good friends Alice and Bob would say) road trips!! My only regret...well, I didn't get to do any real visiting or tourist type fun of any sort, but I had a good time and I've earned my rest!! Next time I'm going anywhere and everywhere I can in Texas, just to take pictures!! :heart: It's amazing to me how much Florida changes as you go alo

Recently, my eldest son ended up back in detox and a 30 day rehab for a methadone and xanax addiction. He is actually doing quite well. Today however, he will be told that his family doesn't want him to come home at this time.....he has to go to a halfway house and get some clean time before coming home. No matter how old he is, what ails him and no matter what we have all been through for the last seven years........it hurts to have to break it to him. His counselor will be the one telling him today and then, I hope my son will call me when he gets the news. He assumed everything would be okay this time (again) but it isn't. This family has