Jan 8

This morning we almost slept in because I did not make sure my phone was off of charging so the alarm did not go off.  Sara had to send David to wake us up so we could tell the kids goodbye.  So we had to quickly hug and then let them run to school.  Maggie even had to go to preschool that day.

Larry and I stayed up and got ready to go home.  We had to pack up and get ready to go soon.  Before we left Sara came home and was looking for some papers for a review of Nathan's status.  We talked to her for a few minutes and packed up everything and then left to go tell Nathan goodbye.

Nathan was in his room and we talked for about a half hour about many things and then we said goodbye.  It was hard to leave but he was in good hands and we had to get home.  We are hoping to be back there soon.

We drove to Ingram to see Judy and John Trolinger, Larry's sister and her husband.  It was good to see them as we did not get to spend as much time with them as we usually do.  We were invited in and welcomed so well.  Judy had gone and bought fruit for us and the kind of soda that she knew we liked and she had a chicken soup in the crock pot. 

John was sick with an ear infection but was getting better.  He had been to to the doctor the day before and had a bad experience of having to wait most of the day because of a problem with paperwork and a lapse in communication but he now had the medicine that he needed to get better.  He had had a bad week because the weekend before they were going to come to San Antonio to visit with us but he had a small stroke called a TIA.  He joked about it but it is still worrisome because that can be a sign of another stoke coming up.  I am sure it is not pleasant for Judy as he has not been in good health for some time.

We had a good time talking and visiting about a variety of subjects and had a late lunch which was wonderful.  Judy is a good cook.  It was really fun to be there but we finally had to go so that we could get on the road.

We drove for about 10 hours.  Larry drove until we reached the New Mexico line and then I drove.  We stopped off and on to eat and get gas.  But finally when we got to Moriarty, New Mexico I was too tired to stay awake and I knew that Larry was not rested enough to drive so we stopped there at a Comfort Inn.  It felt so good to have a bed!