Ugh Ginger. That sucks you have to be the herder. Much ~ma to you.

I only have to herd two people; they're just very unherdable. I always have to herd them, because without herding, my mother would either still be talking to some guy she just met or trying to figure out what to wear and my sister would be taking copious notes and then telling everyone the wrong thing. The granddaughter is doing the real herding; I just don't understand this particular decision.

Oy vey, Ginger. Much coping ~ma for you.

IOsortameN: Nate received his first progress report from his new school yesterday and for the first time ever, the boy got a straight A report card. Far, far cry from the Ds & Fs he was getting in the Public School From Hell in Jacksonville.

Best part, though, wasn't the grades; it was the comments made by his teachers. All of them uniformly praised his willingness to work and for Humanities, his teacher commented on his sense of humor and what an exceptional vocabulary he has, even going so far to say that on one of their recent tests, the definition that Nate gave was better than the one stated by the textbook.

t proud mom

(Cause that tag just can't close...)

Sorry, Ginger.

Ginger, that sucks.

Barb, that is the total and utter opposite of suck. I'm glad that Nate found a place where he can prosper.

Way to go Nate!

Much ~ma to your grandmother, Nora.

Ginger, I hope this all passes quickly. A death in the family is stressful enough without all the family craziness.

Congrats to Nate on his report card!

Thanks for the hugs and moral support. It makes a difference because I really am pretty isolated here in the belly of the beast.

Just heard a track from my album will be played on Adventures in Sound 91.7 Austin tomorrow. No one in my household knows or cares, but it's a nice pick-me-up for me.

I hope Buffistas have splendid Fridays, an aperitif to a sumptuous weekend.

That's wonderful, Spidra! And way to go, Nate!

Diamond shoes problem: Monday afternoon. On the one hand, there's a guest lecture, once in a lifetime opportunity to hear Carlo Ginzburg speak about historiography. On the other hand, there's the first meeting that I cannot miss or I won't have the basic knowledge to go through the entire cool programing/robotics/electricity-taming workshop I want to participate in.

Stupid brain with too many hobbies.

Shir, can you arrange to have a digital recorder in one or the other place?

Probably. The logical thing would be recording Ginzburg. But missing the chance to see him with my own eyes... I can always download podcasts from other universities, but this is the real deal.