so i'm at home today, using a sick day. i've got many many sick hours that i will lose when i leave this job in two weeks, so i figured why not use some?

anyhow, i'm home. not checking work email, not logged into work vpn. it's rather nice.

also, the sun is red. we're having a giant wildfire relatively nearby (not close enough to be a risk for us), and it's covered the whole area with a thick haze and the sun is burning a dark orange red. it's really eerie.

the other important thing to tell you is that my mother-in-law arrives tomorrow for a ten day stay. yeah, ten days. every time i think about that, i freak out a little. until i remember that a ten day visit was a compromise with my husband, who initially invited her out here on an open ended ticket.

i know. but he still doesn't think that was insane.

this might be a bumpy ride, folks.

at least we have made lots of plans. almost every free minute is packed with activities. we're taking her to get her hair done, taking her shopping, to several of our favorite nice restaurants, we have tickets to see mamma mia, i scheduled a huge long spa day for her and i, we're going to half moon bay, and fisherman's wharf....

pretty much the only time we don't have planned is when we're both at work during the week.

should be an interesting time. oh yes.

she leaves two days before my last day at my job. then i have 11 days off to do whatever i want.

then i start my new job on october 1 and start bringing home the fat loot.

lots of things going on. and it won't surprise anyone who's been reading me for long that i'm a nervous wreck because of it.

do you think that at some point in my life, i'll actually get used to all this change?