For Scary Monster, and why I've been so busy-

Apparently Scary, or some version of him, has gotten lost up north in Canada~
I admit that I have him stomping around with me- or at least I have a COPY of him.
This is not the real deal- but the next best thing~

This is me, at my desk upstairs- with a crooked lamp shade in the corner (because I told someone I would keep it that way for the rest of the year in their honor)
And there is Scary- always smiling (or something) at me...
My beloved dog's photo (K9/She) is on the other wall, and all the things my blog friends have sent me (besides paintings that are hanging up downstairs) are in this room with me, or in one of my journals.
X-Dell wrote today about a blog friend of his who is suffering. I have a dear blog friend who has just been diagnosed with cancer. And yet another friend whose wife is not a blogger- and thinks we in the blog community are just looking for love~
LOL-
Well, yes, of course- we ARE all looking for love, or companionship, or new friends, or just the simple desire to be heard. I am trying to get around to the 20 or so blogger who read me and get caught up at their place- it's a slow process, but you know what?
I love it.
And I care about all of you. We are a community in one way or another- and there are some bonds here that I do think will last for a long time. You are each special and dear in your own ways- and I value you. Some of you have big places in my heart... Thank you friends :)

Remember a few weeks ago when my kids were denied transfer out of year round school?
And I was going to write an angry letter questioning "WHY"?
I didn't write it.
Everytime I got ready to- I had the strangest sense that "Absolute Tact" was in order here.
Last Wednesday I got a call- out of the blue, from the Office of Student Assingment...my son was chosen to go to a "School of the Arts" that we've been applying to for 2 years!
No year round program for him!
Next- I called to see where my daughter was on the waiting list at a Charter school we applied to last fall-
She is #1 on the wait list!!!

If she does not get in I'll homeschool her- seriously. This is how determined I am to keep her out of that particular Middle School.

I've been reading "Awakening at Midlife", "7 Levels of Intimacy", and working in a Latin workbook. I've been listening to a college lecture about the life and work of Mark Twain, and for the first time ever- I have a whole story line for a book in my head- from beginning to end.
I've been reading the Bio of Carl Jung- wow!
I've also been asked to preview a new book that will be coming out around Christmas for an author who is a good friend of a good friend. I've actually been published in one of her books already.
I'm also going to submit an application at a pre-school for a teaching position. My hearts first love is little kids- and this would be an ideal position for me. Part time, pre-schoolers, lots of playing and making stuff-
It's perfect...and I was recommended to the director. We'll see what happens.

So, this is what's consumed me, and will continue to until the fall. If I homeschool Juli-Anna- I'll be really busy, but in the best kind of way :)

I have another trip in my future- to Charleston SC, and hopefully one to Florida later this fall with my daughter for her birthday (or close to it). She wants to go to Disney when it isn't so blooming hot- and less crowded. I'm working on it!

Hopefully I'll be around to see you soon. Now you are all caught up on my little life. And by the way, the new Tin foil hats are working out nicely! LOL! ;)