I just realized that Noah will be home this week and Easter is right around the corner! Better get my Easter decorations out today and start planning. It sure is early this year.
Nate is doing ok. His grades are very slowly improving. Yesterday was a rather rough day for him because we wanted him to go to the state basketball tournament with us, and he wanted to stay home alone and play his computer game all day. So he decided to go, but make us pay for it by acting sullen and ugly all day. He knocked over his pop in the car and after the game he really wanted a rootbeer float, but they were out of rootbeer at the Cracker Barrel. Just not his day either! He isn't running track. He says it is because of his grades, but I suspect he doesn't want to do the work, or he is scared he won't be any good, so why try. He wants to take drivers ed, but hasn't looked for his permit and isn't practicing, like I asked him to do, so I feel torn. He has put off getting a job, but I made it plain he will get one this summer-and he is resisting that. He won't get a haircut and is refusing senior pictures this summer. Life is so tiring with Nate sometimes.
Noah did get the job reffing intramural basketball games. They kept him pretty busy last week, which is good because he needs the money. He hasn't made his mind up about which college he will attend next year, but his friends are putting pressure on him to do so over spring break so they can finalize their plans.
I went through my grief counselor training. It was one of the best things I have ever done in my life. I learned so much and grew as a person. I am more convinced of the importance of understanding and dealing with grief, and am very excited (and scared) for the fall when I will actually put my learning to use and lead a group. As I mentioned, we went to the state basketball finals yesterday to watch the boys basketball team. Last year they only made it to the semi-finals, and hadn't been to the finals since 1971, so it was very exciting. I think half the town was there! It was a great game, that came right down to the last few seconds, and unfortunately we lost. I'm plowing my way through a book-Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. It is over a thousand pages, and it's been a long time since I've read a book that lengthy. It is very good so far. Next month I volunteered to be a greeter at a women's retreat. It is at a different church and the speaker is thought of highly by my friend Arlene, who I think so highly of. It is just Friday evening and Saturday morning-no overnight stay or meals, so that is better for me right now too. I continue on the Prism program. I had a week of struggles, but still managed to do well. So far I have lost over 22 lbs. I still have a ways to go, but warmer weather is coming and I am starting to feel better, so I hope to continue the program and add exercise. I have no idea how far I can go, but I have already had to buy some new clothes.
Jim and I got sick last week. I just had a bad cold, Jim's turned into bronchitis. The dog is still hanging in there. Sometimes she has a bad couple of days and I start to think, this is it; we'll have to put her down this week......and then she bounces back. Otherwise, not much is new here to report.
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