I have so much belated good news to catch up on, and intend to, because I have had so many little joys as chaperone for school, etc.
BUT...with a quiet house...
In this week that the whole family is gone and I piled on too much to squeeze in with an empty house to work in...
My husband got some great news this am, leaked prematurely when some regionals congratulated him this am, that he is the leader of the year across the whole corporation he works for. Big deal. If he will not be a regional soon, hoping for a raise. It's been a couple of years or more...I think.
He and our oldest, 15, are staying in a beautiful rental house with other 'volunteers' working a prominent event in another region. Corporate approved him tagging along and working the event. I am still unclear if that included the plane ticket for him, but I suspect so.
My son returned a missed call and said," I think I just saw XX. I mean, it was from far away, but he was in the lead, cameras all around, and there were like 100 people following, so who else could it be? And he is the only one I know by name."
They have a long week of hard work ahead, but this kid needs a big lesson in sweat labor that I hope will motivate him to work to his potential in school and never be dismissive of what I cobble together....'not a real job.'
MFJohnston, I suspect you are a superb teacher, but we are in a great district with wonderful teachers, even in HS, and he does not have that motivation gene. Exasperating.
I hope you all are doing well and having a great summer!
Back to work