Life continues to be rich and full in our household, especially for the guys, this week. I've gotten a bunch of neat updates.
Updates like, my husband jaunted off to the airport earlier this week, and as he waited in the long TSA lines, the shut-down ended. (Which I guess is kind of like an open-up?). So he's now happily spending money in Paris, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Mendeleev's periodic table with chem geeks, and nursing his knee along.
Also, up-dates like, J-son took a test on Tuesday on "heads" (as in, human heads) and electrical circuits in them. He also managed to snag a full-time internship in the gym where he's been teaching kids to box; now he'll be helping with all sorts of classes and more. He's very excited about this, and I'm glad to see that he's being trusted with increasing amounts of responsibility.
And also updates like, N-son tells me he's taking a class called "CSEP", which stands for "Cognitive Something SomethingElse Program". The class teaches life skills, where they have
Updates like, my husband jaunted off to the airport earlier this week, and as he waited in the long TSA lines, the shut-down ended. (Which I guess is kind of like an open-up?). So he's now happily spending money in Paris, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Mendeleev's periodic table with chem geeks, and nursing his knee along.
Also, up-dates like, J-son took a test on Tuesday on "heads" (as in, human heads) and electrical circuits in them. He also managed to snag a full-time internship in the gym where he's been teaching kids to box; now he'll be helping with all sorts of classes and more. He's very excited about this, and I'm glad to see that he's being trusted with increasing amounts of responsibility.
And also updates like, N-son tells me he's taking a class called "CSEP", which stands for "Cognitive Something SomethingElse Program". The class teaches life skills, where they have
- Move it Mondays,
- Tunes Tuesdays,
- Writing Wednesdays,
- Thoughtful Thursdays (learning mediation), and
- Flexible Fridays.
What he likes most about being away at school is working out, hanging with friends, doing beat boxes.
An even uppy-er-date came out of the blue: I got a phone call from my birthday cousin. This "kid" was born on my 17th birthday, so I have always thought of his very existence as my own special present. And you can see that his existence shaped the size and composition of my own family quite a bit!
That tiny little baby got his PhD about 5 years ago, and he's started up his own business, doing more applied mathematics than I know how to do, looking at human resources tools and social interventions. He's danged impressive, and it was wonderful to hear from him.
He included a picture of a family gathering from a while back: in the back is his older sister (also my cousin, but not my birthday cousin) with her daughters, and in the front is him and his wife flanking his mom, my aunt.
And here are his grand-nieces (my first cousins twice removed).
Awww, aren't they all adorable?
By comparison, my own life is kind of just toolin' along; teaching classes and meeting with students and dealing with editor details regarding our book. (This week: catalog/jacket copy!) Between work and my travels, I haven't seen my daughters or grandchild much, but I hope that changes soon. I did get to go to a game night at church, and one of the games was to try to name three things in a category as quickly as you can. I'm mostly a whiz at things like that, but I got tripped up unfairly when they named an obscure (to me) category: "Name three restaurants". I blurted out, "Applebees, TJ Maxx, and . . . ". So I bombed that particular round.
And that's the news from our family, which continues to be wealthy in our adventures. May you and yours be similarly prosperous.
An even uppy-er-date came out of the blue: I got a phone call from my birthday cousin. This "kid" was born on my 17th birthday, so I have always thought of his very existence as my own special present. And you can see that his existence shaped the size and composition of my own family quite a bit!
That tiny little baby got his PhD about 5 years ago, and he's started up his own business, doing more applied mathematics than I know how to do, looking at human resources tools and social interventions. He's danged impressive, and it was wonderful to hear from him.
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By comparison, my own life is kind of just toolin' along; teaching classes and meeting with students and dealing with editor details regarding our book. (This week: catalog/jacket copy!) Between work and my travels, I haven't seen my daughters or grandchild much, but I hope that changes soon. I did get to go to a game night at church, and one of the games was to try to name three things in a category as quickly as you can. I'm mostly a whiz at things like that, but I got tripped up unfairly when they named an obscure (to me) category: "Name three restaurants". I blurted out, "Applebees, TJ Maxx, and . . . ". So I bombed that particular round.
And that's the news from our family, which continues to be wealthy in our adventures. May you and yours be similarly prosperous.
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