There is something very odd happening in my house. There is this kid, this teenage boy who is hanging around me on purpose. He is talking with me, comes over to wherever I am – even getting up to follow me as I move about the house. There is also this beautiful young lady – who is so grown and mature; she lives here, also. I somewhat feared these years (and trust me, I know they are only beginning), but I am proud of these kids, to see who they have become.
Almost forgot I was to drop the Boy off at the high school as I drove past the entrance where I usually drop him off. High school. How the hell did that happen? Dropped Maggie off and then headed to pick up folders to create workbooks for these groups I’m running. The books used in years past are not even targeted at adolescents and these adolescents in particular are a tough crowd, so I’m trying to make the class a little more than what it is. This is someth
ing I have a little personal knowledge about (I was so badass, I had a black leather jacket with fringes).
As I sat at my desk, I tried to channel a bit of Einstein, having read he had an extremely messy desk. I have so many thoughts going on in my head that I am unable to simple have one pile of what I’m working on…3 piles at the very minimum. I learned some TERRIFIC news: I have about a weeks’ worth of sick time I need to use. Chances are, I will be getting very ill the week of my birthday which coincides with the four CRB shows I may have purchased tickets for a couple of months ago. I left to head down to the next site for my clients. I’ve had this family for a while now. Foster system kids that make it so fucking clear that the system needs to change, yet how that can be managed is a question which has yet to be answered.
The first big storm moving in tomorrow, so I got new wiper blades and Rain-X for the carwindows. Rain-X blew me away in how well it works, so I made sure to load up. We have a long(ish) drive Saturday for “the Surprise” (the kids think it’s Yosemite).
Home where I beg
an cooking dinner: Salisbury steaks, potatoes and salad with homemade dressing. I’ve cooked two nights in a row and have practically made everything I can remember. How did I cook on a daily basis? WHAT did I cook on a daily basis?!?! We had wonderful dinner-table conversations and have begun planning what we will do when Olivia and crew come in for Christmas. We have missed Ingrid, our precious niece/cousin and we don’t even know her little brother Abney, even though we were in Midland at his birth. Another very odd thing happened tonight: I asked The Boy to do a few things and he would say “ok” and do it. I’m not sure what is taking over him, but I really like it.
Pictures: Einstein’s (right??) desk; My pet Boy and his dogs.
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