1 week to go

1 week to go until I retire. Went to Indiana earlier this month for Luke's "take your grandparent" to pre-school event and got to spend the morning with him and his classmates. Interesting that I wasn't the only Asian, there was another grandmother there who looked like she was Philipina. Otherwise the other grandparents were pretty white and a lot older. Believe Luke was very happy to have me along. During that week had an opportunity to see the house Mimi and Mark are buying in Bristol. House is going thru escrow now and looks like will be a done deal. While there, looked at a couple of lots near their house I may built on. One we liked, but was sold after we made an offer. The other lot I just sent in with a deposit to hold the lot for 30 days. This lot is behind their house and bigger than I wanted, but if the deal goes thru, I will have almost an acre of meadow land. When I build will have to be at least at a minimum a 2,600 sq ft ranch. But think about the garden I can have! Weather was kind of confusing when I was rain, snow, cold, then sunny. Spring is really late in the midwest, trees were just starting to bud out while in California, my roses have bloomed. If I have a nice warm house and my grandchildren up the hill, I think I can deal with the non-California weather.