I can't believe it's been this long since my last entry. TLG has had a busy year.
He has finished third grade.
He has been diagnosed with dysgraphia.
Apparently he has a very high IQ.
He had his first out of town field trip (2 nights/ 3 days). And as my mother predicted, he didn't take a shower or brush his teeth. Nor did he change his clothes. Or wear his pajamas to bed. He left and arrived in the same clothes. ("Why do I need to take a bath? I was swimming.")
He had his first sleep over (new best friend J celebrated his 10th birthday).
He experienced the death of a peer. (A very hard time for him).
He purposely failed his entrance exam to AISD. ("Just letting you know, I am failing on purpose. I am bored." They accepted him anyway).
He decided he wants to learn to ride a horse. (He rides everyday for an hour at the riding school near our summer home).
On another front:
M. has moved to Dhaka.
I have started a new business.
I need to learn to ride a bicycle. (yes, admittedly, I am ashamed to say, I do NOT know how to ride a bicycle).
I've realized that I love my girl friends. I've met some really great fellow mums and non-mums this year.
Intelligent, hard working, and fun women = The kind of people I need to be around.
Forty-itis has set in. Sometimes I can't remember how old I am. It's like I just stopped at forty. Truthfully I am not really bothered by it...but I am bothered by the cellulite that has somehow appeared over night. I am not sure if I was just oblivious to it or if it was the horrible lighting in the fitting room that shouted out to me. I dropped the dress and quickly phoned C. After the call, I fled like a bat out of hell. I know it's time to get "hard core" again. (A private joke between C and I).
Well, it's time to close. I am going to hang around and wait for the moon to get shadowed.
The shadow of the earth is supposed to cover the moon this evening. Will I see it? Will I know what to look for? Or will it be one of those rare occurences that I always miss. You know, like an eclipse.
