Vacations and childrens' detox

It has been an adventure the last few months! I feel like we're finally getting back to "normal," whatever that is. We took my mom back to my hometown on March 10th. We *finally* returned back to Dallas sans Mom on March 22nd. That's a long vacation. I learned a few things on this vacation.
1. People will actually show up and help you clean up/paint a house.
2. Painting in a poorly ventilated bathroom is pretty darn fun after a while.
3. Your family is really happy when you leave, especially if both children have the stomach flu while you visit.
4. Nothing feels as good as being at home, in your own bed.

More to come, as I have something to talk about. As it stands now I'm purely trying to survive this thing called life.