Wonderful weekend! It was beautiful and COOL in Flagstaff (Note to self...buy property up there). The wedding was a hoot. Good food, belly dancer, fun company. I sat with several medical staff from my unit. Met the bride's brother who does consulting for the Navy, MIT, NASA. We talked Navy stuff. Mother's Day was awesome. I am always amazed at the kindness of others. The inmates talked about how much they missed their mothers, how awful they had been to them, and how much they regretted their behaviors. The nurse I work with calls me Mom, and has adopted me. Her mother is gone, and she still grieves 20+ years later. My male manager at the hospital has also adopted me, calls me Mom, misses his mother who is also deceased. This is the truth of what I learned long ago.....clean up your side of the road, make your amends, don't take anything for granted, and be the best person you can be. Death is final. Too late to undo damage. When my father was dying, I visited him twice a week, brought him food to the nursing home, listened when his talk made no sense at all, took him for rides in my car (top down, which he loved). When he died, I had very few regrets. I had showed him how much I loved him, which I think was comforting to him. On a lighter note, I leave for California in 3 days. We will be staying on the beach, and I can't wait to get out of Dodge. The last horrible kid was arrested by the police from our facility, and the judge sent him back. He did $2000 worth of damage...a felony, and was re-arrested 8 hours after arrival. We are getting another kid, who seems very similar to this one. The courts are now ordering the kids who are so conduct disordered that they can not be maintained in jail or juvenile prison. We have become a severe Conduct Disordered facility. Adult prison is safer than this place. I am ready to move on and/or retire. It will either be this summer, or end of October.