I too have been wondering how things have been going for you. Personally, I don't think you *owe* these people anything but a two week notice. You say you have a lot of work to catch up on before you leave. It is their work, not yours. Have you been slacking off? I don't think so! If there is more to do than you have been able to keep up on, it is not your resposibility to make changes in your life to accommodate them. They obviously have not appreciated the commitment and dedication you have given over the past 8 years (or however long it has been), so your giving your all for two more months, isn't going to make a difference either.

Keep yourself open to a change of mind and schedule. The perfect job may present itself and to pass it up because of unwarranted loyality to an employer who gave you such grief would be the ultimate shame.

I do hope that the facility you spoke about for your mother will have an opening there for her soon. It does sound like a place that might meet her needs.