Back in Tucson, this time for good...

...but it took a long time to get there. Oh, man.

Woke up this morning to a thunderstorm outside. I figured, OK, it's early, and it never storms in the morning.

It may never storm, but by the time we got on the road at 8:30, it was still raining.

At about 8:40, my windshield wipers started to fail. So now I am driving, with a deadline, in rush hour, with limited visibility. So far, so good.

We navigate the heavy traffic and get to the hospital with time to spare. Drop Michelle off at 9:30, and we're off to Tucson!

10:30 - We're at Casa Grande, and I'm starting to regret not getting the blades at least looked at. The rain had let up for a while, but is back to being a nuisance.

10:31 - Phone call from Michelle. They're having maintenance problems with the plane that's supposed to fly Stephen, so they have to change to a chopper. No big deal, except now she can't fly with him, so can I turn around and come get her please? I ask her to call my parents, but no dice: they don't want to bring her to Tucson. Can't blame them, really.

10:40 - Go to Wal-Mart in Casa Grande and get wiper blades.

10:41 - Install wiper blades.

10:41:01 - The rain has stopped falling for the day. Haven't seen a drop since, and it's 9 1/2 hours later. Ah well.. it's not like wiper blades are a bad investment. It's bound to rain again sometime this year, right?

12:05 Arrive back at the hospital, pick up Michelle, and we're off again.

2:30 Arrive in Tucson, drop Elizabeth off at the sitter's.

3:00 Arrive at the hospital after stopping by the house, unloading the car, getting the Internet turned back on (something about a past due bill...), throwing out all the food that had spoiled in the past three weeks, and turning the swamp cooler on, as it's 90 degrees in the house.

4:30 Leave the hospital after spending some quality time with the kiddo. We're all very tired at this point, as all three of us have had big days.

After the hospital, we went grocery shopping to replace the food we had pitched, and then picked up Elizabeth. We came home, cooked and ate dinner, and are getting ready to call it a night soon, after some slight unpacking (and a lot of dishes to do).

The boy is doing very very well... survived his flight, and the nurses at his new hospital are just as good as the ones from his old hospital. We like them, and we must admit, we like the fact that our drive there dropped from 45 minutes to about 10. Can't go wrong with that.

Pretty busy day, pretty busy day...