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[grayhawkfh]

Y'know, I haven't posted in for-frickin'-ever.

At least, not a real post.

So, to reassure folks, no, I'm not dead. Just been busy and stuff.

Here's a quick bullet list of doom:

• Me: Doing well. Health is decent, life is decent, things are decent. Except my mind. That hasn't been decent in years.
  
• Family: Also doing well. mousecat0 will be employed as of June 1. The company she temped for last fall (Royco) has offered her a position as a property manager. Money is a little more than I make now. This job is why she's been taking the real estate class which has been melting her brain. Kids are doing pretty well as well. Still involved in Scouts, although we will be looking for a new troop for B. The one she's in now is absolutely willing to have her, but since the vast majority (read: all but one or two) of the girls are from her old school (DeChantal), they tend to be very school-centric, ie almost all activities and meetings are planned around their school schedule. Not that they don't try to be inclusive, because they do...but still, they sometimes don't make it. What's more, B. is being ostracized/excluded/ignored more and more. She really felt it when they were trying to put their skit together for the Green & Gold dinner, where she felt that they just ignored her suggestions altogether. To me, this is not a reflection on the troop - almost all of the girls see each other every day; the bonds between them are bound to grow stronger. I think if they were from a larger mix of schools, this would be less of an issue. F. participated in his first Pinewood Derby race this past weekend. I'll try to get pics up later today. Short version is that he placed first in his first heat, and 3rd in each of the other 3 heats. Not bad for the first time out.
  
• Job: Hopefully good news later.
  
• Sleepover: B.'s birthday sleepover went well. 3 of the 4 kids invited showed up. They played, ate pizza, watched Kim Possible and Sky High, and generally had fun until they passed out before midnight. Fed 'em waffles in the morning, then they went out to run off some steam down at the playground area with mousecat0 keeping an eye on them. Generally speaking, F. was good and left the girls alone. While they went running around, we stayed home - where it was safe. Around noon, I got sammitches from Subway for everyone, and by 3 pm, everyone had gone home. Everyone enjoyed themselves.

That's about all I got at the moment. I'll TTYL.

Comments

[principia.livejournal.com]

The company she temped for last fall (Royco) has offered her a position as a property manager.

Sweet!

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I'm sorry to hear about the difficulties Bridget is having in Scouts; do you know if there's a troop with at least some girls from her current school?

[deceptiverose.livejournal.com]

I had the same problem as B when I was a kid. I moved but stayed with my girl scout troop and even though I was still friends with those girls, I always felt like I was missing something, like there was a whole class I had missed or something. I never did find a new troop though. *shrug* But I definitely understand how B feels! Good luck!