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We're back home from babysitting our friend's children while she was in FL visiting her aunt who is dying. It's always so good to be back home. It's been really crazy though. My daughter has moved out of her apartment with her hubby and is now in an apartment by herself. UGH. That whole moving thing while I was out of town was difficult, Bob came home and helped her move one day. Her husband and she have been arguing over the separation, big surprise, but all that disharmony tires me out. I've been really exhausted lately, not tired, exhausted. I'm always tired, due to my Lupus, sleep apnea and various other things, but this is my exhaustion that I get when I'm completely warn out and heading towards a flare up. I think it's partly due to all the running around and partly due to the situation with my daughter. No matter how I look at it, I must admit I am a bit depressed over it all. It's at times like this I just fall back on the Lord and coast. I should do it all the time, I guess I don't, but at least I've learned to do it when I get in stressful situations. So, I've decided I won't start homeschooling Joseph until Monday.

I didn't get my CD's, Switched On Schoolhouse curriculum (SOS), back until the weekend and then I haven't been home to load them into the computer. It doesn't take long, but I just didn't feel like doing it today. I've also joined a different co-op so will not be using the SOS science and have to wait for the book to arrive before I can start that. I'm really feeling pretty good about the school year now, just need to see if we can find something that works for math and handwriting.

Got Jonathan's therapists scheduled for the school year. They have different people/schedules with the school year, so had to get that figured out again. His Early Intervention teacher takes summers off to be with her children, which I think is great. In any case, she saw him today for the first time since spring. She was so blown away by his progress, it's reassuring to hear that, sometimes we forget just how much progress is made little by little, day by day. I guess I should keep that in mind for my daughter and myself. We each hopefully are progressing little by little, day by day, step by step towards our Savior. To hopefully be more like Him less like me.

That's why it's so awesome to have a child/children with Down Syndrome. They keep that child like quality so much longer than most, that's just what I need to keep me more child like, like God says we are to be.

Like a child, I took a nap today, LOL. I just need to take it easy for a couple days and spend some time alone with God. I'll be refreshed in no time!!!