Back to normal... Thursday night I presented my paper to class on "Childhood Separation Anxiety... and it's effects on adolescents and adults" A topic that has always been of interest to me considering I had it bad as a child. I was pleased with how my presentation went and can honestly say that I felt about 90% comfortable, compared to about 50% at my final presentation in undergrad. I even had the class laughing a couple times. I think the difference was I went up there with no planned script, just knowledge. Things came out naturally and I threw in a lot of personal stories, which are sooooo easy to tell. The drive home felt good.

Friday I picked up my nephew, Chase, to spend the night. He's 8 and such an interesting person to talk to. I'm going to write a observation paper about him for class. My observations began as soon as I picked him up. After dining at Burger King, we went to Scooby Doo at SouthPointe Theatres. Besides the popcorn being dry, it was a great time. After the movie, we stopped at Target to pick up a birthday present for his sister, Chelsie, and so that he could spend his $10 bill. He's a frugal little thing....

Saturday, we lunched with grandma and aunt Kat and headed to the Tecumseh Municiple Pool for Chelsie's birthday pool party. My sister reserved the whole place for a private party. It was a great time, but I couldn't help really missing Mike. Fortunately, he returned Sunday and now all seems right with the world. I felt I couldn't get close enough to him last night in bed. It felt so good having him back.