I love reading about how your patience and positivity is rewarded with really good things.
It's funny, when husband and I first moved in with my parents I actually thought "this is great. I will have people to go out and do things with, talk to, and I won't be as lonely" And that part remains true for me. Although I still haven't gotten used to accepting that my dad walks the cat on a leash, and that they still watch Colombo on their box tv (which they actually paid more money to buy because for some reason they didn't want a flat screen) and that my mother actually made a chart of mph to Km conversions so my dad would not get a speeding ticket on their trip to Canada...but that is life.
Congrats on great family time, advances in work, and further detachment.
PS. I am sure your mother is thrilled to be able to help out in this way.
