happenings

I am traveling today back to the states. I leave later in the afternoon and wanted post before I jet out of here. I will be traveling to Durham, Little Rock, Orlando and back to Sousa between now and next Sunday Oct 28.
Things have been happening here, Doug arrived last Tue, Mariah busted her head open on a hot dog boat, I fried my legs in the sun pretty bad, Drew has a common cold as he put it, 2 awful accidents back to back Wed and Thur and 4 guys dead I saw the immediate aftermath of one.
How can such a beautiful place have so much death and trauma? Sitting here at my desk I look out over the awesome landscape of the lush green peaceful country side and hear the leaves of all the trees and feel so at peace but 2 minutes away is such craziness but I guess I just have to except this as the world we live in.
Drew is doing super in school and continues to get great grades and unbelievable reports from his teacher he is studying very hard and we are so proud of him. Mariah is very happy here and tries her best to stay out of trouble at school, she loves chasing the older kids and hitting them, bothering the chickens and not listening when the teacher says to stop, climbing on top of the play structure where it is to high and off limits, taking things that don't belong to her and so on, but in spite of all of this and her punishment she is in love with school and adores her teacher and friends and wants to be here forever. She is learning to read and write and she enjoys this so much.
I am happy to say I will attend the wedding of a great friend, the anniversary of 2 of my all time favorite people in the world, see my mom I hope she reads this blog because she has no idea I am coming to visit, attend the Fred Astaire National DanceSport Championships and see all my great buds.
Gotta run and get my bag packed. Peace, Love and Happiness to all who are keeping up with our blog!!
Missy