Last night in California

We've had such a wonderful time, but it's definitely time to go home. To take my little girl home (to a new home, at that; they've moved while we've been away!), to earn more money to pay for all we've spent, and to sleep. Ahhhh, to sleep! I'll have maybe two unencumbered days before I have to go back to work, so I'll have to sleep fast.

And there's so much to look forward to: a trip to visit my parents and sisters, then on to a Neil Diamond concert with my sisters, and then my new job, although I'm not anxious for that to start. Summer just got going well, and it's over for those of us who have to work in schools.

Oh well, it's certainly time to go home, no matter what! For a little girl who's never been away from mommy and daddy for more than one day, it's been a long two weeks, but she's never gotten homesick. Thank God for cell phones!

Elisa and Deedee, it was such a pleasure to meet you two. I'll write more when I have time; it's almost midnight and I have to go to bed.

Like I said earlier, jet lag is going to be a bitch, but with luck I'll get over it before school starts up again. A's lucky; she usually starts school two weeks before I do, but now that she's being homeschooled, that's no longer a problem.

And we're going home to new hardwood floors in the living room and hall. What a treat! The carpet was pristine till I moved an elderly Lhasa-terrier mix in, and in her final months, she pretty much destroyed the lovely berber. I'm so looking forward to new floors!

Near Yosemite

Hey, all! Today we spent about 4 hours driving through Yosemite Park and another two hours driving out of it. I swear, there's no way out.

We saw two mule deer, a male first, then a female. They weren't terribly happy that I dove out of the car to take photos, but they didn't try to kill me, either.

Tonight we're meeting Elise from Concateknit and I can hardly wait! A is looking forward to playing with her puppers, Zorro and Allie. There will be photo ops.

Tomorrow on to gold panning and meeting Deedee and her granddaughter, who is a year younger than A. More photo ops!

I am so tired. But it's a good tired.

**UPDATE** Yes, I messed up the links, or rather, blogger did. It always does that and I try to remember to check them. But I think they're okay now.