Sorry for missing a couple of days... it has been wickedly busy around here lately and no real time to sit down and take it all in. Even now this will have to be short, I can hear people waking up and soon it'll be another crazy day of running around, talking, eating, having fun. Oh, how I miss the quiet of my trailer sometimes. ;-)

    So my niece is all graduated from high school now, and will soon be off to college at San Fransisco something-something. A small college right near the Presidio and Golden Gate Bridge. Boy am I ever envious. The actual graduation ceremony was rather unique. Instead of having the principle or a valedictorian standing up there giving speeches, they allowed each student to write a short 20-25, stretching to 100+, little blurb about what they did, were doing or going to do, feeling, etc. Some were just so funny especially when you added in the antic's that were performed as they walked up to receive their diploma. Very cute, and much more personnel than mine ever was. Erin was very hyper of course, as were most of the kids there, but they were all very well behaved for the most part. My sister and I showed up early to save a few seats and got to meet a few other close friends of Erin and her parents. It was obvious that this was a group of kids whose parents were willing to go to great lengths in order to help them in any way.

   After the ceremony it was back to the house were the adults hung out talking and eating and drinking. Erin took a nap because she was going to the school party later on that night. Evidently most of the kids opted to go to the sponsored party held at the school every year. For a generous amount of money you can drop your kid off around 7-8 in the evening and they pretty much lock them in until 5:00 the next morning. With plenty of parent supervisors they play games, have a DJ and dance, eat sushi and mexican food, dance the 'Macarena' at 3:00 in the morning to wake up, play casino games and on and on and on. At 5:00 you can come pick them up, hyper and happy, and take them home where they can sleep the rest of the day.

   Char and Laurie had a very nice graduation party for Erin then last night. They had 'Greek' food catered in and 10-12 of Erin's friends showed up as well as a whole bunch of adults who have had some personnel contact with her over the years. A fun evening of yet more eating and talking, a short but emotional slide show and speech segment, cake and ice cream, lots of conversation. Very fun for me too!

   Not enough sleep these last few days, but that is okay. There will come a time when I'll be able to catch up again. Not sure what is on tap for today, but I am sure it will be a busy day also. Just about time for breakfast, bagels and cream cheese and quiche. Will post a few pictures when I find some time to download and go through them all. May be a day or two longer. Will just have to see how it goes.