Thinking of you Grandmabatty. Difficult days for you and I hope you’re feeling better now. 
Sending strength to Baggs dd. A similar event occurred in ds2’s life and it was a shattering thing to cope with. The one blessing was that a cohort of friends gathered together and supported each other hugely. I hope it’s the same for Minibaggs. I’ve just seen that Baggs has fallen, I hope she is recovering well. 
I’ve missed a lot here but I’ll do my best. Happy birthday to those who are celebrating. 🎂 Those dog portraits are gorgeous, Soop.
I’ve just been doing family things with ds this week. Yesterday I was an ‘American mom’ - going to meet GD off her yellow school bus. This morning the tornado siren went off - luckily it was just the weekly system test! Though it was very windy last night, I’m surprised we’re still here this morning. 
Ds1 is feeling a lot brighter now the worst of the side effects have worn off. He and ds2 have been having fun, going off for lunches and working together on a giant Lego kit, which has proved to be a brilliant diversion. Tonight we’re all off to hear GS playing in his school orchestra concert. His instrument is the viola.
Tomorrow is our last full day here before saying farewell on Sunday.
Take care, all. Xxx