Dear James, Daniel and Emily,
2 hour delay today. So I am going in late to work so I can drop James off then the young ones to Tammy.
1. Looking forward to another week off. I know the furloughs were a pain in one sense, and they chewed up my saved vacation time. Which meant no big summer vacation this year. But it has been nice to give the kids a break from their usual child care. And I have gotten some things done around the house that I might not have otherwise. Next week I am hoping to settle summer child care plans. And get some yard projects done. Plus finish transferring the Clone Wars to DVD.
2. James had his first soccer practice last night. Kim reported that this will be very different: it was basically all drills, not just endless scrimmage. But apparently James is not the smallest kid out there, which is unexpected. I think the drills will be good, he need to get some fundamentals in. But he needs to work on his shot, specifically it apparently isn't very strong. So we will have to start taking some time to either set up the goal here at home or take a walk to the middle school and have him start practicing shots. All of his games will be at 11:30 on Saturdays, which means it shouldn't be too hard to combine swim lessons for Daniel with James' soccer.
3. I finally returned to reading some fiction this week (Book 8 in the fall of Malazan series). And that has helped my outlook a little. Reading a liberal diatribe on politics at the same time that I spend much of the day browsing liberal and progressive web sites does not lead to relaxed view of the world. I was getting a little too tensed and stressed about politics last week. There's a lot to get angry and worried about out there, and it is very easy to fall into the trap of focusing on it.
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