Mixed Feelings

   I have such mixed feelings tonight.  It was a day of ups and downs.  I set my alarm to get up early this morning so I could go over to my daughter's house before work.  They are packing and will soon be leaving for their new home in Arkansas.  My task was to hold and enjoy my new Grandaughter.  She is so precious.  Her mother is still my baby!!!  And, soon they will all be leaving!  I reassure her I will visit soon, that we can talk everyday, that I will get a video cam so I can see the grandchildren and they can see me.  Who am I reassuring?  I am thinking about all of this on my way into work when I trip and fall in the gravel parking lot.  Everything flies everywhere!  I am scraped and bleeding as I walk in the door!  What a metaphor!  I am glad my load was light today.  I went home early and buried myself in my art work.  I am getting ready for a gallery showing in Door County and I am working on an interesting series right now called The Family Album.  I am having a great deal of fun with it since I have never done anything like these pieces before.  I will tell you more about them when I can post a photo of one once I have completed the series. So.... I was out in the driveway working on it when my old neighbor, David, stopped to say hi.  He was on his way to go fishing.  It was nice to see him again after reconnecting last month when my truck wouldn't start.  I showed him our fishing poles to see if I really remembered right how to set them up.  He didn't laugh at anything so I guess we did it right!  Sometimes the memory picks a few scraps out of now the brain that are functional!  After he left, my present neighbors stopped to say they are building and will be selling their house.  The good news is her ex-husband hopes to buy it and he is a peach of a fellow so that would be good to have him back in the neighborhood.  So today was filled with lots of talk of moving, some good news and some bad, a fall that I picked myself up from and some productive work as well as some time to put  my heart and soul into my art work. Whew!  I am exhausted! Now! g'nite!