Well, more than one fish. He is going to bring his aquarium over tonight. Do I want it? Not really, but it will ease his mind that his fish have a home.
Does anyone have any words of wisdom about fish? I've only had goldfish before, and not much success there.
I don't know what I'm getting yet, but I do know they are not goldfish.
I babysat again last night, but tonight we will be getting a snowstorm, so I will stay at home. They got a lot of work done last night. My son filled his car and mine with trashbags and we hauled them to the dumpsters at my place. He still has a lot of work to do, though.
They both got a little emotional last night. The reality is starting to hit that they are making a big change and will be away from family (though they will have SOME family in Florida -- my son's half-sister lives there, as well as his aunt and a cousin. On my side of the family, I have a cousin and uncle about 30-40 minutes away.) But this will be a huge change, especially for my DIL, who has never lived anywhere but Illinois and Indiana. Moving to a new home with a new baby and a husband who is both studying and working -- well, I don't envy her. I plan to write every day for a while just so they have something to look forward to in the mailbox.
I have nothing financial to report, other than it was a no-spend day. I didn't even get fast food at the station, like I planned, and as it turned out I didn't need it, since my son had ordered a pizza.
They let me look through the books they are selling and I chose three. I have quite a stash of reading material right now!
I'm not losing a son, I'm gaining a fish!
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February 26th, 2013 at 03:09 pm 1361891369
Let me know what kind of fish. We've had aquariums our whole marriage (20+ years) and now we've branched out to include a painted turtle, toad, and bearded dragon.
Your a sweet MIL
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February 26th, 2013 at 07:37 pm 1361907454
Most phone contracts include long distance as part of the benefits so you'll likely talk more than when they lived nearby. If DDIL isn't working she will need to make the biggest effort out of her comfort zone to develop a new supporting group of friends.
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