We put the deck furniture out after Sunday lunch yesterday because of the crazy good weather. We had spent the weekend with the kids in Arizona last week so that was our early Mother’s Day celebration, but Lorena and I talked with both of them and with Grandma Conchita (and Tio Lauro) last night. Mexico celebrates Mother’s Day on May 10th no matter what is the day of the week, so they had actually had there big carne asada with the whole family down at Tio Jorge’s house last weekend, too. It was a very nice, relaxed day–which we really needed after several weeks of upheaval. We did eat out of the house a couple of times yesterday for our own two-person Mother’s Day celebration. Lorena made me were a tie to meeting on Sunday morning and I have finally lost enough weight so it does not just kill me to do that.

The next few weeks could lead to some pretty big changes for our little household with the re-engagement with our friend Troy at University of Nebraska Lincoln and some work opportunities. It has nothing (or at least very little) to do with where we live, but could mean we have a little more mobility on a less onerous schedule.  So there are on-going talks about which I cannot say much through May. I hope to know something before Memorial Day.