What's Going On?
"What's going on in Daisyland?" you ask. OK, so you didn't ask, but I'm going to tell you anyway. Quite a bit has been happening, actually. I'll see if I can catch you up.
My older son got home from college for the summer last night. This photo is a bit fuzzy, but I liked his smile in it.
Along with him came all the stuff he has been accumulating the last two years. Who would think that a dorm room could hold so much? Until things get arranged a bit better, we have boxes and miscellaneous things piled in the living room and kitchen. We're in a rather cluttered, messy state right now because we also have some boxes here of things from my Mom's house. Her house is being sold at auction on June 5, so that has been on my mind and keeping me busy.
Back to my son, he pulled a 3.75 grade average this quarter, and he starts his summer job on Monday. He will also be taking an online course over the summer and doing a research practicum having to do with the job he has to get him closer to graduation. Because of these extra hours, and if he also takes a course next summer, he will be able to graduate from college for his undergraduate degree in three years instead of four.
He's carrying a double major in psychology and sociology and hopes to be a counselor for troubled youth after graduate school. The graduate school he is most interested in is in Florida. I'm not particularly happy about that choice because it is so far away, but his decision isn't final yet, and there are others he is considering. Much will depend on where he applies and where he is accepted.
In addition to the "stuff" from college from the older son and the boxes from my Mom's house that has taken up residence in the living room, there is an upright bass from the high school too. Younger son has it home from school because he needs it for a concert with the Toledo Youth Symphony tomorrow. The students are performing along with trumpet player Doc Severinsen and some other folks. It is the final concert of the season for the Toledo Youth Symphony. The new season will begin again in the fall.
Here he is all smiles with his girlfriend.
Today is his sixteenth birthday! That doesn't seem quite right or possible, but there it is just the same. He has his temporary driver's permit and has been practicing driving with us. He will be taking Driver's Training courses in June. (Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi!)
Max our ten year old toy poodle had a rough day yesterday. He had to have some teeth pulled. He is doing a little better today after a good night's sleep and some pain medication.
We've had an overabundance of rain this week. So much so, in fact, that we now have a flooded basement once again, and some of the roads in the county have washed away in places. This happens generally once or twice a year in the spring when we have heavy, continuous rains. It's quite an aggravation to get it mopped up and dried out again. I am hoping to be able to store some of my older son's college things down there, but we are going to have to get it dried out first.
The rain we've had has made everything grow and be abundantly green. It would be fine with me if we had some sunny weather for a while now though. The day was overcast when I took this picture of a Buckeye Tree in the park. It's pretty, don't you think?
My daisies in the back yard are doing very well too. I took bouquets of these and of some purple iris to my Mom when I visited her recently. There's not much I can do for her, but at least I can bring her flowers to brighten her room.
For those who have inquired, my Mom is doing OK. I generally go out to visit her three times a week. She continues to have some days that are very good and other days that aren't so good, and she has great trouble communicating at times. We just do the best that we can because that's all that we can do.
My older son got home from college for the summer last night. This photo is a bit fuzzy, but I liked his smile in it.
Along with him came all the stuff he has been accumulating the last two years. Who would think that a dorm room could hold so much? Until things get arranged a bit better, we have boxes and miscellaneous things piled in the living room and kitchen. We're in a rather cluttered, messy state right now because we also have some boxes here of things from my Mom's house. Her house is being sold at auction on June 5, so that has been on my mind and keeping me busy.
Back to my son, he pulled a 3.75 grade average this quarter, and he starts his summer job on Monday. He will also be taking an online course over the summer and doing a research practicum having to do with the job he has to get him closer to graduation. Because of these extra hours, and if he also takes a course next summer, he will be able to graduate from college for his undergraduate degree in three years instead of four.
He's carrying a double major in psychology and sociology and hopes to be a counselor for troubled youth after graduate school. The graduate school he is most interested in is in Florida. I'm not particularly happy about that choice because it is so far away, but his decision isn't final yet, and there are others he is considering. Much will depend on where he applies and where he is accepted.
In addition to the "stuff" from college from the older son and the boxes from my Mom's house that has taken up residence in the living room, there is an upright bass from the high school too. Younger son has it home from school because he needs it for a concert with the Toledo Youth Symphony tomorrow. The students are performing along with trumpet player Doc Severinsen and some other folks. It is the final concert of the season for the Toledo Youth Symphony. The new season will begin again in the fall.
Here he is all smiles with his girlfriend.
Today is his sixteenth birthday! That doesn't seem quite right or possible, but there it is just the same. He has his temporary driver's permit and has been practicing driving with us. He will be taking Driver's Training courses in June. (Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi!)
Max our ten year old toy poodle had a rough day yesterday. He had to have some teeth pulled. He is doing a little better today after a good night's sleep and some pain medication.
We've had an overabundance of rain this week. So much so, in fact, that we now have a flooded basement once again, and some of the roads in the county have washed away in places. This happens generally once or twice a year in the spring when we have heavy, continuous rains. It's quite an aggravation to get it mopped up and dried out again. I am hoping to be able to store some of my older son's college things down there, but we are going to have to get it dried out first.
The rain we've had has made everything grow and be abundantly green. It would be fine with me if we had some sunny weather for a while now though. The day was overcast when I took this picture of a Buckeye Tree in the park. It's pretty, don't you think?
My daisies in the back yard are doing very well too. I took bouquets of these and of some purple iris to my Mom when I visited her recently. There's not much I can do for her, but at least I can bring her flowers to brighten her room.
For those who have inquired, my Mom is doing OK. I generally go out to visit her three times a week. She continues to have some days that are very good and other days that aren't so good, and she has great trouble communicating at times. We just do the best that we can because that's all that we can do.
My new job is going well so far. I really love it, although I've been much busier than I was expecting. I do the promotional work for the main library here along with all five of our branches. I've been working on flyers, handouts, door signs, and press releases for the summer reading programs of all of the above. In addition to that, we recently held some special events at our library. We held a community read and book discussion, in conjunction with the city schools, of the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and we hosted an appearance by a Mark Twain impersonator. Both events went very well.
Along with the publicity for those events, I worked on a project where patrons can adopt a flower pot to fill with flowers to help decorate the library for the summer. So I've been keeping very busy and trying to learn as much as I can. The woman I am replacing will be with me for one more week before she retires. Then I am on my own! (That's a bit scary to think about.) I received my own set of business cards this week too. I've never had business cards before. HA!
I traveled to Bowling Green for the day yesterday for a seminar on trends in marketing for my job. It was interesting and I learned quite a bit, but many of the ideas they talked about and suggested are things our library can't afford at this time. Still, it was nice to do something a little different, and I did glean some valuable information.
