days going on….

this next few weeks are going to be a roller coaster ride for me, even more than usual. first and foremost, barely halfway through it, i am already mourning the end of the current harry potter saga. i know this sounds silly, but it has consumed a great amount of my time lately, and really, rather kept me sane. it’s been the greatest and one of the most harmless forms of escapism ever. reading has always been good escapism for me. i always get sad when i finish something that has been an on-going thing for me. bah!

then, on friday is my mom’s angioplasty procedure. i don’t remember whether or not i’ve written about that. i think i’ve mentioned it. the veins in her legs are clogged, so this is an attempt to fix it. i hope all is well for her. she is excited about being pain free, but is nervous about the procedure. i will be there with her, of course, and will take care of her.

next week, on tuesday, my son gets his braces off, after about three and a half years. he wore them so long because of his own stubbornness…he refused to wear his mouth thing and he didn’t like wearing his rubber bands. so, tuesday he gets them off and gets impressions taken for his retainers, then on thursday, we actually go back to get the retainers. it should be very interesting. i want to be there to see the results of my ten thousand dollars too. i think it will be awesome. i want to get a message to my daughter that she should also get hers taken off, before she does more permanent damage to her teeth by not taking care of them and having the braces on. that makes me sad, but i will never be sorry i did that for my kids. maybe they will thank me later, i am not counting on anything these days when it comes to kids. heh. me? bitter? nahhhhhh….hehehe.

then, me and a friend have decided to do some course work in pagan studies. it should be interesting. i have to do a journal for that, so i am debating whether or not to use an online journal, or whether to use a paper one. a paper one would probably be more work and my hands would hurt. but i have a couple of those already anyway. i am still pondering that.

other than that, life is pretty tame. no word from my daughter yet. as i see our temperatures dipping down into the 30’s at night, it pains me that she might be sleeping outside, but i keep telling myself that these are the choices she is making. i suppose in some respects i have been too successful a parent, if success is defined as having self-assured teenagers. she is definately taking charge of her own life. i just hope she doesn’t have to pay for the rest of her life because of the mistakes she’s making now. many of us do and are. i should get my books today or tomorrow…they are in transit. i am anxious to read them, but i don’t think they will tell me many things i don’t already know, i think things like that are designed to help people dealing with those issues feel better and not so alone because other people wrote books about it. cynical much? hehehe

so, that’s it for now.

peace.