Today I make my first journal entry. I’m getting a late start on my audit cycle because my father has been in the hospital for about four weeks now. Until yesterday, I wasn’t sure he was going to pull through. I have spent most of my time this past month working and supporting my mother who is very frail. This is the natural progression of life, but you are never quite prepared for it. I have done some requirements, but not near as many as I should have done by now. It’s never a good thing to be behind during the cycle, so I have a lot of work to do.