thursday night, i enjoyed dinner and conversation with my friend katie and her family. 

friday afternoon, i was thrilled to get hubby back.  we were going to try to get out and do something for our anniversary but by the end of the day, i had coughed myself into a migraine.  instead, hubby helped BIL move and set up their new summer kitchen and i popped a bunch of motrin and dayquill.  just as good.  after dinner, the adults soaked in the hot tub a bit. 

saturday, sissy and BIL left town and we became honorary parents to three chilluns.  although one of them left after a few hours for a night out with his friend’s family.  we took the other two out for dinner, ice cream and a movie at the dollar theatre, which is actually the $2.50 theatre (stupid inflation!). 

sunday morning, we took the chilluns to church and then dropped the eldest off at a friends for an afternoon of boating.  we took the other two back to the house and spent the afternoon out at the pool.  nephew had a couple friends over so even though we lost one of our chilluns, we netted one extra.  sissy and BIL got home around 16:00 and, after a few minutes of catching up, we loaded up and got on the road. 

overall, it was a nice week in orlando.  not the best for getting out and visiting around since i felt so crummy most of the time we were there but i had some good quality time with my sissy’s family and my cousin.  mostly though, i wanted to be home.  it is so strange that, after all of these years of being on the go, we finally have a home that we don’t like being gone from.  it was beyond wonderful to get home last night.  and even more wonderful today when we awoke to find a lovely cold front and clear water in the gulf.  i don’t ever want to leave!