They flew up to the Farm last Wednesday and are flying back to Houston tomorrow. While they were there, Kristen & Pat and Tom & I were able to come over for the weekend to visit. Dad has decided that he is up to his elbows in goats and that it is time to try and sell a few of them. He went down to the radio station in town and put out an add on the local AM station to see if anyone wants a goat. He was warned that it may be a little more difficult to get rid of these goats, however, because the type of goats he has (Pygmy) are not good for eating. Soooo, if anyone wants a pet goat, he's charging $50 and will ship anywhere in the US! I can promise you that they are really super cute, but I can't promise that they won't have a few fleas!
Over the weekend we went over to Little Switzerland for lunch, where they were having some sort of antique British car show. The weather was absolutely amazing, so we made our way over to the gem mine for some gold panning. Dad of course was yelling out "GOLD!!!" at the top of his lungs whenever someone happened upon a piece of pyrite! The girl scouts who were next to us were getting a huge kick out of this! The weekend would not have been complete without a couple trips to the Garden Deli, daily mountain walks down to the lake, and a s'more roast over the fire.
Overall Mom's recovery has been slow but steady. She had no major complications from the surgery and overall she is healing nicely. She still has a good amount of pain from the surgery and continues to take pain meds and rest. When she begins her radiation next week, it will be five days a week but hopefully won't take more than an hour a day...Mom was excited because they have valet parking! That is tentatively for the next 6 weeks, however Mom is already talking about when they can come home and how she is going to get all of their things back to Ft. Lauderdale! She had her first (BIG) glass of wine last week, and is also allowed to eat raw fruits and vegetables at restaurants again :)
