the gandsons are spending the week end with their mother...her friend picked them up last night at 8:30 p.m. for their week end...Karen was feeling sick and was running late and the friend was available to pick up the boys and take them to Karen for the ride back to indianapolis..they had already showered and were sitting in their pjs awaiting their trip back to indianapolis....because of this, i slept later today, in honor of the working man...at this time---11;22 A.M. i have put out a couple loads of laundry and sorted cleqned drid clothes to fold and put away.....have taken care of my precious dogs, who continue to win my heart----dont get me a dog-----Michael Sr. is doing great and actually is working today for the first time since "the incident"..he is working the 6 to 3 shift which is what he hopes to be able to work beginning in october......i believe he has already been assigned his hours for september before the summer began and those hours are 2;00 p.m. to 11:30 P.M......i did find time this morning to call my friend since first grade, Jeri Copeland Reiff, and talk to her this morning for about 40 minutes.....she s going through heartache presently with the loss of her husband whom she married when she ws 19 years old.....she is 62 now......i actually spent most of the time listening, however, i was aware that i did do some talking too, but jeri said she appreciated the words i said....i also posted few words on my friend, Becky Kelley,'s caring bridge website...she has just learned that she has tumeos on her colon, lung and brain....she learned this two weeks ago when she went to the ER at a local houston hospital...please pray for Becky.....she is a professional friend from cy-fair isd...we were assistant prncipals and friends who worked at different schools but tried to sit together often at meetings....she is a good girl and she loves our Lord.......again, i ask that you pray for her....jk