My mom was here for six amazing weeks and I feel so blessed for that time we had together. Being a single pseudo-parent is incredibly difficult, made even more so by the fact that I'm 3000 miles from home.

It has been very hard to get back into the swing of things since my mom left. DJ seems fine with it, but he is so used to people moving in and out of his life, it's almost normal to him. I, on the other hand, am a total basketcase! If I can just make it through the next 2 weeks until school starts, I will be fine.

Everything in the house reminds of the time with my mom, I can't go downstairs to watch tv, without getting a little choked up, because that's what we did in our downtime, I wake up in the morning and think "I will get DJ and we'll go wake up grandma joan". There was a starbucks cup that she had left in the car from our trip to the airport and I couldn't manage to throw it away til yesterday.

I know its only been a few days I will adjust over time, but having her here for so long and we had so much fun and she was so much help with DJ and the house. I just miss her!