Spoke with Lee this morning. Good to hear he is safe. Tough to hear how out of touch he is getting. He spoke mostly of speaking to Romanians and getting a resource to learn more Swahili. He enjoys being around the various cultures and comparing their work ethic, food, and language. Beyond that, he is just waiting for the rest of his guys to arrive. I know he will be busy this year but I think there is going to be a lot of down time and that to me will be trouble for him. I told him so...that he needs to start looking for online courses or something to occupy his idle time.
I was frustrated. Lack of things in common. I am taking care of everything here. It has been a good few days. I am over my cold and em looking forward to all the family over the Holiday. The kids and I worked out at the YMCA last night. I had them go to a kids Cardio class. You should have seen the looks I got after the class. They were by far the oldest. Liam loved the Dodge Ball at the end but vows to never do there again. Great. Hazel made it know that the average age was 5. I did however get 45 minutes on the treadmill and felt good. I guess I will have to go when they are in school.
Hazel has a lot of homework this week. She has to write a big formal report for her 5th Grade Gifted Class and also a big report for her regular class. The gifted report is on Elvis and she is nearly done with taking notes on her sources. The class report is on Khazakstan and she is just starting the research. The next few months will be full of deadlines and work for these two reports. Liam has a light work load this week but still two big tests at the end of the week. He is thrilled to have been asked to display his "Sheep" story on the hall wall but had to complete a cover page for the display....more homework.
My sister and I let my Mom is on our plan to bring her to Florida over Christmas. It is our first year without our matriarch, Grandma Irene. My Mom has been responsible for making the Holiday happen for Irene for nearly 40 years now and my sister and I knew this year would be difficult. We are shaking it up a bit for Mom and bringing her to Florida to get some fresh weather, the beach and a different spin on Christmas. She seems thrilled and grateful for the idea of change this year. My sister will stay in Boise and and spend it with her kids and help with my Mom's business. I am lucky that she is there to help take care of the business.
The kids were up late tonight and were able to have a brief chat with Lee. They, however, had just had it out upstairs about some water spill in the bathroom. With only one adult around the banter and arguing of the children can drive me to crazy rather quickly. I was calling them downstairs to talk to their Dad for the first time in a few days and they were taking their time. I felt very irritated. Liam was crying at the top of the stairs and did not want to come down because he did not want his Dad to see him crying (oh Lord....don't worry Liam..you let me see it ALL the time...Dad can handle his 30 seconds). These are the terrible thoughts going through my head. So I sat at the table while they tried to talk to Lee---neither seemed tuned in. I shed a few tears of frustration and felt the weight of being the only parent for a few minutes. They said good night and that was it. Liam and I went up to read more of Treasure Island (he is LOVING this story), and Hazel got it bed to read as well. Another night sorted out. I just have one last walk of the dogs and then I am headed to bed as well.
My truck is still in the shop and I am starting to get concerned. I have this rental car until Saturday. It will be 3 weeks now I have had the rental and 3 weeks I had my in-laws van. So 6 weeks without my car. Sigh...
The sky is very interesting the past couple days. Jupiter and Venus are visible in the night sky to the lower right of the moon. Apparently it only happens like this once every 150 years or so. Liam is already sad that he won't live to see it again and wants pictures. Lee's Dad tried to take a photo of it outside but the camera settings made it very difficult. Shame, poor Liam- he has inherited my sense of lost time and mortality. Anyway, the sky looks strange.
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