May 21 - busy, busy, busy

I had a fun weekend, but it was pretty busy. I had a lot to do in the yard and my parents came over and helped out as usual. I am lucky to have the kind of parents that I do. They're hard workers and they never do anything half way. Their house and yard are always perfect. I have to be careful about what I say I need to do, because they will go out of their way to help without me asking. They do so much for other people too and I don't want them spending time helping me when I can do it myself.

I have a four day week this week because the university president declared Friday a holiday since he is retiring soon. I'm going to Chicago with my parents to visit my brother, his wife and my nephew. I can't wait to see my nephew, Jack. We haven't seen him since Thanksgiving. He's 2 and a half, so in that time he has changed so much. The most recent pictures I have seen of him look like a little boy rather than a toddler like I remember. My brother is the vice president of a nation wide security company, IPC International. They do mall security. He manages the mall security in the western half of the united states including Puerto Rico, so he has to travel about 80% of the time. That combined with long work hours makes if hard for him to come visit and for him to have a weekend free for us to visit. This time has really been too long though. The last time I saw my nephew he was just starting to put words together and now he is really talking and he has learned to say my name in the meantime also. He pronounces it "shelwey". =)