Spending Time with my Momma

Sorry I have been a little MIA lately.....I'm hanging out with my momma! I have been very lucky this month to have 4 weeks with the little spunky lady that raised me. She came out to spend Christmas and New Years with me for a well deserved post-retirement extravaganza. And oh man....have we been having fun! We haven't seen each other in a year and a half. And we definitely haven't spent 4 weeks together in the last 10 years, so this has been a real treat for me. Since Sam left, I've been a little lonely and trying to keep busy. This spry 60 year old can't be kept down. My house has been clean, dinner is made, and my dog has never been happier. We don't even have to do anything, but it made me realize how great it is to have someone here when you come home, especially your mom.

We had a beautiful Christmas and a lovely trip to Positano over New Years. Unfortunately, my car broke down on the way home due to some bad gunky shady gas that I got in Salerno. It wouldn't run at all and after waiting for 4 hours to see if an Italian guy could fix it, they admitted that they didn't know what the problem was and needed help from a family friend. So we left it there rented a car and headed back to Sici.ly. Problem #1 I don't drive stick and that was all the rental place had!!! So my mom stepped up to the plate and drove most of the way home. She also taught me on the way home so that I could drive to work the next day. I learned stick in 2 days, your mother and shear terror of crashing are some good teachers let me tell you :) So I finally can drive stick (scratched that off the old bucket list). Problem #2 6.5 hour drive, with a ferry ride to get back home. This means that yesterday we had to do a 13 hour drive with TWO ferry rides to bring the rental back and pick up my fixed car. Uggghhh. Longest day ever! We almost missed the rental car place being open (Italians close everything for the weekend at 1pm on Saturday, yet another reason I can't wait to get back to the good old usa!). We drop off our rental, pick up our car, start driving back and now the radio doesn't work! WTF! Which is fine, I mean at least the car is running. We drove back the last 6.5 hours just laughing and talking. I couldn't have had a better travel buddy. I love my mom for putting up with all this craziness for me. We have one more week together and I'm going to cherish every second.

I also only have 19 days until I see my husband again. Hurray! I finish my BCP on the 18th and start my letrozole on the 23. I'm so excited to be moving forward with this IUI. Also if everything goes well (which it never does) we should be closing on our house on Feb. 2nd. We have a lot of work to do, but I cannot wait to see it. We shall see. I hope to catch up on more stuff soon. Sorry for the delay!