This has not been a great week. We were short staffed at work, making life hard there. Kim had her own very difficult week at work. Sickness abounded as Kim struggled through the end of her cold while I caught the same thing (at least my eye is fine now.) And Jimmy suffered through a migraine, missing 4 days of school. But at least the weekend beckons.
*************Danny’s weekend**************
The birthday madness continues for Danny. First on Saturday we have Pinewood Derby, which is not our favorite Scout event. Danny is just not remotely interested in cars (takes after his parents.) Nor is he the type who wants to model or work that much with his hands beyond playing with Lego. But we got the car done, and will enter it and finish the event. At least I am not trying to perform double duty with a race like I did last year.
But following that we get the joy of small kids invading our house for the night as Danny will get to host his first sleep over! As of now we now of 5 kids pretty much for sure. It should be an interesting night, hopefully Danny has a good time. And then Sunday we can recover.
************Decisions for Jimmy************
After this latest migraine and missing 4 days of school I am pondering pulling Jimmy out of track so he can just focus on school for the remainder of the year. We will keep him involved in the decision, if he really wants to stay in we will let him. But it could be a matter of he needs to reduce his mental and physical load for now. I could keep him running on weekends, maybe find some other races. Not sure yet, just something we need to decide on.
************Time and change***************
It’s amazing how time has passed and things have changed. A friend who once lived here in town has returned. I have been in intermittent touch over Facebook over the years but he left roughly 16 years ago. So I started thinking through how different things are from when he left as far as the general circle of friends we share. We are talking the births of kids, marriages, divorces, deaths. It’s going to be a lot to catch up on.
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