Yesterday was clearly a banner day for Mom & I, because…shhhh…don’t tell anyone…because Darina Allen invited us to her house for tea in the afternoon after class. Well, you can imagine how thrilled we were…

I’ve been here 17 days & I am homesick, no question. I miss my handsome husband, my dad, my pets & my home. But, if I keep quite busy while here I can fight the homesickness. It…