So little time to get ready!

Good news. My mom is paying for me to go on vacation this coming week. I will be taking the Amtrak train to Seattle, then meet up with them, and then we are going on an Alaskan cruise for 7 days. Then I am flying back to California with them, staying a few days, and then taking the train again from San Francisco, home to Michigan. They have great train rates for people with disabilities, and they have lots of services to help me, i.e. special car, outlets for my sleep apnea machine, people to assist me in transferring in Chicago, etc. It's about half the cost of flying there, and so much less hassle. Plus every flight was booked to Seattle...I didn't want to be on overcrowded flights and have terrible experiences like I had last Christmas vacation.

My mom is doing this, because we all have had a very hard year, and we also need to make some future decisions about our family... my mom is 72, and doesn't want to live alone and far away from either of us, and it's a decision we need to consider. Plus my brother can't get a teaching job in California and may need to move to find something. All of this needs to be figured out.

I have so much to do!!!! But at least it is for something good. Take care, Laurie