I have been sick all week and am finally starting to feel better. I still worked but did shorter days. I pretty much just did my clients that were in the book and then left. This is the second year I ended up with a fever, before that I hadn't had a fever since I was a kid. I take it as my body tellling me to slow down. I actually rested and slept and nothing fell apart. I always worry about getting behind in my school work so every free minute I am doing something. This week I did not and I am not behind. Hopefully I remember this lesson once I am in full gear again. There has been talk with my brother about mom maybe living up by them. I have mixed feelings about that. It would be a break , but I also wouldn't want her to be eight hours away. Then they said maybe half and half , that is not a bad idea. Well there is a lot of talk and planning so we shall see. I am looking foward to next weekend I am going to visit my best friend who I have not seen in a while, we still have eachothers chrismas presents. Well I better go finish my project for my nutrition class or I will be behind.

Well this week has just been the usual chanllenges. We did have some added responsibilites. Mom has been trying to sell a classic car that was my dad's. It is hard to have strangers come th the house when she is alone but we finally have a buyer. Of course since the car has been sitting for so long there are battery issues. My boyfriend was very helpful but with these types of cars it is never easy. My mother gets paranoid about little things and harps on things so that makes things a little more challenging to deal with. Well we finally got the car started and hopefully it will be out of our hair soon. We had an open house at work last night and it went very well. I work in a salon and it is always good to gain more clients. I hope this isn't too boring, I have to run now and get to work.

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My name is Terri , sorry it took me so long to post something here. I wasn't really sure how to get started. I am basically starting a whole new life. My father passed away two and a half years ago and things have been kind of crazy every since. I went into protection mode of my mother who needed and still needs a lot of support. In the process of deciding to move to another state to help my mother I also decided it was time to divorce my husband of 9 years. I made this decision with the full support of my family. If it was up to them I never would have married him but that story it for another blog. So in moving to a new state only knowing my mother I have started a new life and met a lot of wonderful people in the past year and a half. I also started school in May 2009 to finally make the career change I have been thinking about for years. My mother has a form of dementia which can come from depression so we are dealing with those issues as well. It is a lot to juggle sometimes and can be very overwhelming. I am lucky to have met a wonderful man who is very supportive. Even though it is a good thing he takes up a lot of time in between my other things. I thank God that I have him in my life some good in the middle of all the craziness.