Home Again

We returned from Tuscaloosa yesterday with an overnight detour to my girlfriend's in Easley, S.C. Tuscaloosa was hot and humid. We were glad we moved the last child in his dorm in the early morning. The room was on the third floor with no elevators and bunches of concrete steps. Thank goodness boys take electronics and food. That made fewer trips up and down the steps. I haven't seen the movie "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Buttons". I did read the short story. After several trips in the heat up those steps it would have been nice to be Benjamin Buttons.Those steps and the heat would have gone a little easier. The last son is settled in the dorm with his best bud, his best bud's 40 inch flat screen, a futon, a PS3, a WII, and my home made pillows and pillow cases. The other parents and boys were quite impressed with the decorating and lay out. The moms took pictures. I am sure all the oohs and aahs were over my sewing. We parents were not thrilled with the 40 inch flat screen. We feared there was no way to put it in the room. There was space. After we set it up, we walked out in the hall to see two boxes for 42 inch flat screens. Now all the last son has to do is go to class, study, and keep out of trouble. I have returned home to some very smelly, stinky dogs. I have put off baths all day but the odor just gets stronger. I think Shelley has some skunk in her family tree. Chip shares a crate with her so he smells skunky too. The dog park is closed all week for renovations. The heat is awful. I have told the dogs they are going to have to chill this week. I leave Thursday to see my daughter in NYC. When I return the dog park will be new and improved. And Shelley will smell like a skunk again.