Love & War

Silver and Fernando, a typical interaction. Silver doesn't need legs--the cat never seems to use them! He's the evolutionary step towards a cat like animal that sits in trees all day and never sets a toe on land--a sloth like creature.

 Crisis involving a father of Tab's friend being completely negligent for not feeding my child (Tabs, who was on a play date at his home and then he took them to a movie) a thing or even a drink from after school at 3 until 8 at night. And when his children each bought a popcorn during the movie (Tabs had money but it was a movie night at school and they had to have tickets ahead of time for the food), each refused to give Tabs a kernel, he  was OK with that--he let my little, skinny girl go without food or water all evening! She came home in tears and very hungry. The guy has had a past history of being careless and doing things I have specifically told him I do not want Tabs to do. This is just one more thing. It is hard to know what to do. Tabs really likes her friend and wants to go over there for play dates all of the time. But he is just irresponsible. I had recently taken his daughter to a dance night and paid for her ticket to dance and all her food. This is also the same guy that never showed up to pick up his kid the other night when we had to go to Mistaya's play.

 Now, onto another busy weekend. Just trying to take it easy....

Tabs and Mist full schedules and Peter and I trying to squeeze in some Zen time.

Decided a problem I am having with my latest class is the Wam! BAM! mentality. Choose your topic now! Evaluate this paper Now and have it in to me by noon tomorrow! Pick a team to work on the project with NOW! This has led me to have to make impulse decisions which are not the best for my plan. The plan being that each and every project I do must in some way, directly advance my thesis. Either through learning research skills or research that will help me write my thesis. So this knowledge has focused me and I must back track. The partner I  am working with is on a different personal path, so I will have to tell her my new project idea and see if she is in or out. I will do the projects alone if we can't come to an agreement. My first presentation on "Omnivore's Dilemma" is a done deal--no, it doesn't advance my thesis one little bit and I feel it is a total waste of my graduate time. I would read the book on my own anyway--presenting a review of it to the class---high school stuff in my opinion. Anyway, I have learned that the wam-bam process of selecting topics doesn't suit me and from hence forth, I shall be vigilant to my cause (thesis support).

I have a brilliant architectural plan for adding an entire other story to our existing home. It would make the house huge, yes, but functional too. However, we have always wanted to have lake view property, so perhaps we should wait and build. This will require the possibility of M and J wanting to split a gorgeous property on or near the lake...one can never start planning too early!