Little buddy off to school

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Honor officially started kindergarten today. I was worried about how he would act when we dropped him off but after I helped him with all of his morning jobs he told us "you can go now." (all day kindergarten is amazing!)

His teacher, who is amazing, said he had a hard time staying still but she had several talks with him and he was respectful.

When we picked him up he told us about his new friends, what he ate out of his lunchbox, about his THREE fresh air times and the pattern blocks which were his favorite.

Jim and I didn’t quite know what to do with our glourious 8 hours of kid free time, but I’m sure we’ll adjust just fine!

Menu week of aug 17 2009

Originally uploaded by pretendingsanity

Monday: Thai beef with coconut rice
Tuesday: grilled buttermilk chicken
Wednesday: tomatillo chicken
Thursday: hot dogs/veggie burgers
Friday: something involving all the vegetables jim doesn’t like
Saturday: jim is playing a show in carbondale at fat Thai. I’m going for the food! (and to see him play of course)
Subday: lamb, tomato and mint kebabs

I’ve recently fallen victim to the gossip monster. Haven’t we all participated in a gossip fest here or there? Gossip is always the most fun when it’s of the juicy variety but it’s so different when you’re the one looking at it from the other side realizing that this is your LIFE people are effing with. It’s so hard to feel so helpless while everyone whispers behind your back.

Really, I get it, it’s so easy to just talk. It seems like words shouldn’t hurt someone so much. But it’s so interesting how words are really the sharpest weapon. How telling someone this one little, seemingly harmless piece of information shouldn’t unleash such a wildfire. Oh, but it does.

I’ve learned my lesson, the hard way of course, and I suspect that I may be learning this one for a long time. I desire so much to have a character of gentleness, one that can be trusted at all costs, and this is just one step in the path to that. It seems we humans always learn and are changed when we are walking through fire, not when the going is smooth and easy. So I will take this wildfire and learn my lesson and remember how to be worthy of trust the next time I run into a juicy bit of information.