Thursday

Happy Thursday!! I've had a busy week at work and am really glad that it's almost the weekend! One more week until I get a whole week off for Thanksgiving!! Yay!! Times like that are when I realize how extremely cool my job is!

Walter & I had a nice anniversary! We had lunch with my mom on Sunday and then spent a quiet evening at home. There hasn't been a lot going on at home. We went to dinner Wednesday with Cathy & Brent and believe it or not, we didn't go to Hilltop! We were all wanting a change, so we went to a restaurant down the street from us and it was a nice change. Walter & Cathy have a homeowners association board meeting tonight, so we went a day early. They also had the court hearing today for the crazy neighbor who wont pay his dues, and he did not attend the hearing!! He will be served with contempt of court papers and then arrested if he doesn't attend the next hearing. Some people sure are nuts!!!

I've been struggling with Cameron & his homework and study habits still. He had a Biology test today that he told me he studied and was prepared for and I found out at 8:30 last night that he knew NOTHING on the test!! I reviewed a few questions with him and he couldn't answer them. I sat with him until 10:30 and drilled it all into his head and he seems to have done ok on the test. I let him know that there will be consequences if this happens again. It would be one thing if he spent a lot of time studying or doing homework, but he spends the minimum amount of time that I make him! He also has to earn Accelerated Reading points by December and I'm forcing him to read 3 books (all John Grisham and he seems to like them) by the middle of December. He is finishing the first one tonight. He got his interim report card and all of his core subjects were Bs & Cs, but he has a D in a computer class and an F in speech. I'm most concerned about the core classes, but I'm getting in touch with the other teachers too to see what is going on there. Here is his school picture he got this week. People say he looks like Ringo Starr. We've cut the mop (hair) since the picture.

My nephew and his girlfriend had their baby girl this week - Caedence Capri. I wish I was more excited, but he has a 1 year old baby with another girl and doesn't take care of him (my sister has him 3 days a week!) and I'm just not thrilled with this decision, but I will love the new baby and treat her like all of the rest of the baby's in my life. However, I'm also sorry that her parents are drug dealers and drug users and hope they will not stick my sister with yet another baby. That doesn't sound very nice, does it?

JP's trial is supposedly still on. His co-defendant signed a plea agreement for FORTY years in jail this week and he deserves every year of it. The sad thing is that he got that deal for agreeing to testify against JP and try to totally discredit his story. I think the gold-toothed loser will help the case more than hurt it because the jury will see the guy and know he is the other person involved and will see that he is a bad guy. He has records for state prison time for armed robbery, manufacturing drugs, etc. JP has no prior record. Anyway, I'm still quite nervous knowing that the outcome might really be known soon, so please continue to keep him in your prayers. I only want the best outcome for him. He's called lately and is doing well. Check out this picture he sent me. I asked him how in the world he did this because they can't have colored markers, pencils, paint, chalk, etc. He said he takes his bed sheet and wraps it around his finger, then rubs some deoderant on it, then rubs in on color on a magazine or candy wrapper, then rubs the color onto the page! Good lawd!

Well, that's all for now. I want to read some blogs and catch up on everyone else. Have a great night!