Funny thing is, we've upsized for the next six months, inhabiting our first two-story house! By the time this lease is over, we will have gotten rid of enough clutter to downsize, and buy a smaller house. (And it will be closer to the time the market will bottom out, too! More bang for fewer bucks.)
Oh, and by the way, I will also have left the house by then. I am going to college starting in the coming Fall semester, and the choice is pretty much final that I will go to LeTourneau University, a Christian engineering school in Longview, Texas, near the Louisiana border.
Mom was originally encouraging me and Dad to go and visit LeTourneau, but then while we were away for three days she got very lonely for me, and did not want me to go there for school.
It took me a long time to make the decision to go to LeTourneau and not Biola, but after I had decided to go to Biola if I was accepted into Torrey Honors Institute and then was disappointed when I heard that I was, I knew my heart wanted LeTourneau.
Mom was kinda unhappy when she heard that I had chosen LeTourneau, and tried to sob me out of it, but though I had sympathy for her, I knew my mind was made. She was consoled for a while after that when she decided to go with me for my first week of school, but today I heard clues that she is not even satisfied with that. I think she will be happy, though, if we can get stuff set up so that we can have weekly Webcam conversations.
It is so nice having such an affectionate Mom, and I don't want to waste the time I still have her (and Dad), so I will be eager to find out about affordable ways to set up a Webcam.
*By "all" I mostly meant the European Miele dishwasher we had in the other house - powerful to wash, and containing a third rack for utensils, so that the surfaces are not touching each other and obstructing the cleaning. *Sigh*. It's sad how it's hard to appreciate blessings until they're gone.
