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I will start with my prayers and sympathies are with everyone in South Carolina who has been affected by the events at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church. Let us remember who was killed not who did the killing. Their names were Susie Jackson, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, DePayne Doctor, Ethel Lance, Daniel Simmons Sr., Clementa Pinckney, Cynthia Hurd, Tywanza Sanders and Myra Thompson. I honestly don’t give a flying flip about the shooter or why he did it. These people need not to be forgotten.
Caroline is finishing up her first year of middle school. It is interesting for me since we didn’t have a middle school where I grew up. In my district elementary school was first through seventh and the high school was eighth through twelfth. The eighth graders were called sub-freshman that led to all kinds of teasing/ bullying by the older students. Being a subby was not fun but we got through it.
Caroline is thriving at middle school. She likes the format. She is proud that she can do so many things now. She likes having different teachers for different subjects. She says that the days fly by where they dragged in the fifth grade. Also she has friends to hang with where she doesn’t have to worry about if she was going to be kicked out of the group because of the queen bee. She is calling it a new start and is very happy with it.
Which has been reflected in her grades since she has gotten straight A’s for three marking periods. She is self-motivated to study and get her homework done. I think I have said the words, “Have you finished your homework” maybe a dozen times this whole school year. We are working on pacing long-term projects so that she isn’t going nuts towards the end but that is a skill set that has to be learned. She is working through her first set of final exams and is feeling pretty good about them.
Caroline has a number of projects she wants to do this summer. I am going to see what I can do so she can accomplish what she wants. She has really nice hand-stitching abilities that will serve her well as she get older. By the end of the summer I want her to be able to use the sewing machine when she wants to.
My left hand is back to normal except an occasional twinge or two. I am now working on rebuilding strength in that hand but being careful so I don’t have a set back. Stretching it is important too. I can feel it stiffing up on me at times. The only time it is giving me real problems has nothing to do with the injury and everything to do with the tremors.
I will say knowing what is going on and that it is not my imagination is rather nice. I still have to deal with the tremors and occasional weird ticks but I know how to deal with them for the most part. The only one that can be a real pain is when my eyelids are flickering a bit. Makes it hard concentrate on something. The world can go off kilter a little so I compensate and go on.
Peter has been hard at work on about six different things for a number of different companies along with his own projects. This has been sandwiched in with conventions, a store appearance, and family business. This weekend again we are traveling but it is for good reasons. Caroline is looking forward to seeing her cousins this weekend.
But first she has a party with her Girl Scout troop at a local entertainment center. She is tall enough to drive a go-cart on her own now since she is over five feet. If I was to take a guess probably about 5’ 2” at this point which means she has gained about three inches this school year. She loves Girl Scouts with an absolute passion. The leaders of the troop have done a really good job of being inclusive and making sure that all the girls have a good time. She takes great pride in that she is a third generation Girl Scout since both her Mother and Grandmother were Scouts too.
I, as usual, have too many things on my plate but I am working towards being able to get chunks of things off. Some of creative and some are things that just need to be done to keep house and home in order. Housework is not my strong suit but I muddle through.
But first I have to make pancakes for the family for breakfast and then onto the rest of the day and what it brings.
I am grateful that my left hand is recovering so nicely.
Caroline is finishing up her first year of middle school. It is interesting for me since we didn’t have a middle school where I grew up. In my district elementary school was first through seventh and the high school was eighth through twelfth. The eighth graders were called sub-freshman that led to all kinds of teasing/ bullying by the older students. Being a subby was not fun but we got through it.
Caroline is thriving at middle school. She likes the format. She is proud that she can do so many things now. She likes having different teachers for different subjects. She says that the days fly by where they dragged in the fifth grade. Also she has friends to hang with where she doesn’t have to worry about if she was going to be kicked out of the group because of the queen bee. She is calling it a new start and is very happy with it.
Which has been reflected in her grades since she has gotten straight A’s for three marking periods. She is self-motivated to study and get her homework done. I think I have said the words, “Have you finished your homework” maybe a dozen times this whole school year. We are working on pacing long-term projects so that she isn’t going nuts towards the end but that is a skill set that has to be learned. She is working through her first set of final exams and is feeling pretty good about them.
Caroline has a number of projects she wants to do this summer. I am going to see what I can do so she can accomplish what she wants. She has really nice hand-stitching abilities that will serve her well as she get older. By the end of the summer I want her to be able to use the sewing machine when she wants to.
My left hand is back to normal except an occasional twinge or two. I am now working on rebuilding strength in that hand but being careful so I don’t have a set back. Stretching it is important too. I can feel it stiffing up on me at times. The only time it is giving me real problems has nothing to do with the injury and everything to do with the tremors.
I will say knowing what is going on and that it is not my imagination is rather nice. I still have to deal with the tremors and occasional weird ticks but I know how to deal with them for the most part. The only one that can be a real pain is when my eyelids are flickering a bit. Makes it hard concentrate on something. The world can go off kilter a little so I compensate and go on.
Peter has been hard at work on about six different things for a number of different companies along with his own projects. This has been sandwiched in with conventions, a store appearance, and family business. This weekend again we are traveling but it is for good reasons. Caroline is looking forward to seeing her cousins this weekend.
But first she has a party with her Girl Scout troop at a local entertainment center. She is tall enough to drive a go-cart on her own now since she is over five feet. If I was to take a guess probably about 5’ 2” at this point which means she has gained about three inches this school year. She loves Girl Scouts with an absolute passion. The leaders of the troop have done a really good job of being inclusive and making sure that all the girls have a good time. She takes great pride in that she is a third generation Girl Scout since both her Mother and Grandmother were Scouts too.
I, as usual, have too many things on my plate but I am working towards being able to get chunks of things off. Some of creative and some are things that just need to be done to keep house and home in order. Housework is not my strong suit but I muddle through.
But first I have to make pancakes for the family for breakfast and then onto the rest of the day and what it brings.
I am grateful that my left hand is recovering so nicely.
