updates

It's been a busy couple of weeks.
Let's take stock, shall we?

K has been working on 3? 4? projects simultaneously. I have a hysterical shtick I do in which I compare one of the offices he's been working at to working at Google. I practiced this bit over and over in an attempt to hone it into a post and lost the funny. (But I'll give you the fine points: I describe K's present working conditions as: crammed into a teeny cubicle, editing on a minute screen with extra large headphones which have rampant static, there is a bare bulb hanging just over his head, the heat is on too high and someone comes around every fifteen minutes and pokes him with a sharp stick. Two floors down is Google headquarters where gourmet chefs wheel carts of amazing food around whilst nearly naked nymphs bring corporate memos offering company leases of Ferraris or Lamborghinis, free massages at two each day and the boss farts unicorns.)
Not that we are complaining about any place K is working - just whining about one in particular, and we are very thankful for it ALL.

Youngest goes for more x-rays on Monday and has been instructed to remove his splint twice a day and, under warm water, bend his pinkie as exercise. He auditioned but did not get into the advanced band in high school. Yes. He's going to high school in the fall. I know. I can't believe/bear it either.

Oldest is antsy. Although he is still with Juliet (oh, the drama) his work (construction, roofing, digging) is somewhat seasonal and he is bored. He is also realizing that he would prefer to live elsewhere and that this is costly and that we are supportive but not generous. I read, on someone else's blog, that the 20's are tough for ADHD boys and I strongly agree. He is antsy, bored and anxious.

Middle has been slammed by the flu. 101.7 last time I checked. Because he is Middle he says things like: I am very uncomfortable right now, with no trace of whining or agony in his voice.
He got into the advanced band and is enjoying his Saturday university class and is inhaling the books from the course. We attended an art show of his the other night and I will post on it later in the week. I am keeping him as comfortable as I can with pain relievers and decongestant and some homeopathic flu remedy.

And me? Well, it's a dark dreary day and I am off to town to return some equipment for K and meet Mr. Renzi. He towers above me, Mr. Renzi, so we make a funny pair. I hope to drink some beer and laugh until my face is sore. Oldest wants me to kidnap him and bring him home for dinner, Mr. Renzi, but I don't think we'll be that lucky.

Have a good Wednesday -