A good week

Hello all!


well, this week was pretty busy, but a very good one.  it started last sunday when my mom and i flew to charlotte, north carolina.  we have a lot of moving coming up.  i'll be moving to japan in july and mom will be moving to charlotte, nc just a week or two later.  she's being relocated for work.  we spent most days driving around with the realtor looking at places all over town.  it wasn't until thursday that mom found one she was absolutely in love with.  we both were really excited.  i guess i didn't realize how worried i've been about mom finding a place she liked and being happy with it until she was genuinely excited about her new home.  it was like a sigh of relief went through my entire body... and i'm sure mom feels like a big weight has been lifted off of her shoulders (though she still has others on there).


but overall, it was a good week.  mom found a place to live.  i got to see the biltmore mansion and gardens.  it was my first time and it was as breathtaking as everyone says it is.  we did a little bit of shopping, i found a great calvin klein suit-like jacket on sale at macy's!!  (woo hoo for professional wear, i'll be needing it in japan).  we found mom a couple of pairs of shoes on sale.  we had dinner with her co-worker a couple of nights.  drove around the city trying to get oriented.  apparently charlotte doesn't believe in one street keeping one name.  they like to change it about five times while you're driving on it.  i had some experience with this out in tucson, arizona.  it always baffled me.


currently we are sitting in the airport, way ahead of our departure time, but that's fine.  i get to fiddle around on the computer, she gets to read a true blood book... everyone is happy.

and here's a cool picture to end my post  :-)