Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday son! 12 years ago I was anxiously awaiting your arrival. Every day has been a joy with their ups and downs and I am pleased at the fine young man you are growing into. Mom loves you!

Eeek how the time has flown

Long summer over, and it was brutal. My mother had surgery and it has been a battle to keep her following doctor's orders. There was some outside interference that caused confusion and that took up alot of my time. But thank God for my uncle. He graciously came down and stayed with her for a month right after her surgery. We are blessed with him. After he left, I would go to her house in the mornings and evenings (before and after work) to make sure she ate and do some manual labor around the house. While it helped our relationship a bit (long story, not going into it), it meant that my son did not have my full attention. I am seeing those effects now - he just started school and is having issues with the summer lazies. He is in 6th grade now and has moved up to Middle School. More homework but since he is in honors classes it is more intense. We had some eyeopeners this week and I surprised him because I did not get mad when some scores were not good (ok, dismal is the word). He is gifted and used to everything coming so easily for him - he admits he thinks he got a little cocky on one particular quiz.

Not that I am happy about it but I am glad he will be challenged. It means that he is in the right environment because sometimes gifted kids do get cocky and if something is difficult, they just don't do it because they are used to things just coming to them. The best analogy I can think of is when Sheldon on The Big Bang theory decided he was not going to learn to drive because he was in a higher stage of evolution than the rest of mankind. In reality, he sucked at driving.

Now for the animal update. Endy is driving me crazy. He is old and figures I am at his beck and call. He is looking at me right now because he wants a bone. Looking is not technically correct, he has figured out how to make all kinds of obnoxious sounds. And he belches like a truck driver. Interesting dog.

The cats are still owning the house with Ashley keeping up her reign of Queen of All There Is. My son and I shared crab eggs with Minnie yesterday (we had boiled crabs for breakfast) and she was very happy. Maggie is still being her sweet self. Oh, and we got all the mammals micro-chipped! I am so happy, I have a phobia about them getting out and us never finding them again.

Gotta go, it is time to wake up my grumpy tween - his birthday is tomorrow and he still has not told us what he wants!