Oh thanks Jamb, your sweet words give me the weepy eyes, LOL!

And I just realized that shoot, we have cats and a bird to feed here, not sure if the daughter would be willing to leave all our "family" of pets.... I'll have to talk with her, I may yet have to do the trip by myself, darn it..... I'll just have to see what she says & see what we could work out. We have 3 cats, 2 are indoor, one is a kitten that the daughter just found in a box at the gas station about 2 weeks ago! What a little charmer! He's solid black, which we found out no one wants a black cat, which I can't understand, this IS 2014 not 1814, right? LOL! Anyways we are GLAD no one else wanted him, cuz we love the little fella! Our other cat was rescued as a kitten in a ditch, we figured someone threw her out of a car, that's the only way we could explain her being so far from any houses & such. The third cat is grown and was just abandoned, he started hanging out in our yard and we fed him & made friends! He comes inside sometimes during really bad weather and takes hisself a nap, but normally he prefers to stay outside

Then we have a Cockatiel, a few gerbils, and a couple fish. OMG.... what a menagerie, LOL!

Last time we went, we only had 1 Cat at the time & she was an outdoor cat, so all we had to do was fix up an automatic feeder dispenser, and have a neighbor look over & check it for us, and extra food for the bird & they were fine! But this time we have a freaking zoo to deal with LOL