This has been a pretty good week. I think I’m starting to come out of my funk. I started off on Monday, meeting Tyler’s property manager at his apartment for the final walkthrough. Everything went well, and it was deemed immaculate. Yes! That’s always something a good German likes to hear…. I followed that up with some light shopping and a sushi lunch at La Encantada with my friend Vivian. While I was gone, the county inspector came out to inspect the new gas lines and we passed. The engineer for Southwest Gas came out again, got the paperwork signed and scheduled work to begin on the new meter on Thursday. We may actually have heat and be able to shower in our own bathroom this weekend! I’d say cook too, but who needs a stove or a gas grill when you have the electric skillet?

On Tuesday morning I got caught up on everything mom-related that was pressing, via phone calls or emails. It took several hours, but by 11:00 I was finished! What a relief! After that we finally got the tree up and decorated. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in here. We decided to spend the night at mom’s so we could get some laundry done, take a shower, check on the cats and do some organizing for Tyler while he’s out of town. We met some friends for dinner at Athens and had a fun night. The next morning I thought I’d get started in the kitchen, and before I knew it, I spent 7 hours in there. Tyler should finally have some room for his things.

On Thursday I got some more shopping done and had a nice long phone call with one of mom’s best friends. It was wonderful to catch up with her. When the washing machine part arrived, Rick put it in and IT WORKED! We can wash clothes here again! We went out for prime rib with friends in the evening, and I have to say it was one of the best days I’ve had in quite a while!