Well....here we go...

I dropped Maryanne off at the airport at 4:30 AM this morning for her trip to Honduras where she'll be until next Friday. I assume that everyone reading this knows that she's on a medical mission trip with students from the College of Nursing. Which means the kids & Oscar will be taking care of me for a week. I'm in good hands! We are also getting a lot of good help from Trudy (neighbor) and my Mom who is staying with us for a couple of days next week. We all miss Maryanne/Mama very much already but know that the work she is doing is very important to many people. Fortunately Oscar has volunteered to give us all lots of extra licks of love - thank you Oscar! I'll try to provide some updates from Maryanne when I her from her. She apparently will have some access to e-mail and phone from time to time.