Re: Aikido, kittie, etc
  By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Sat Jul 25 2015 23:56:46

 DAG>> what he says).  Seems super friendly, really good with kids (with
 DAG>> ones of his own, also), and I'm still planning on going with him.
 DAG>> Still, I checked on all of the websites and everything.  Would've
 DAG>> been really nice to have gotten that callback. 
 NB> Sounds like someone worth giving the benefit of the doubt to... :)

  Yeah well the bit that he's the only fulltime dude in Portland for Aikido was
enough for me.  The fact that he seems really great with kids and has his own
is the icing on the cake.  I was a little disgruntled by the lack of a callback
after 2 messages, but thinking more about it, if he operates that dojo by
himself, he could just be too busy to get around to new students right away
when he's got such a huge chunk that he already trains with due to his niche's
particular sparsity right now.

 DAG>> or else maybe wait for the family session on Sunday a week from
 DAG>> today if he's more comfortable with that. 
 NB> So are you settled in there yet...?  or more setbacks still... 

  Setback of summer school.  We're going in tomorrow now (famous last words). 
I want to do it then and get him firmly established in it before school starts,
and to keep at least a little social life in things for him up until the end of
summer now.  I can't believe how fast it's approaching.  Saw a good graph on
tumblr (yes I wasted some time there) the other day about how a year in a life
relates from birth until the older years.  The horror.  I know we've talked
about it before; just had to reiterate it again, though.  The horror.

 DAG>> Still recovering from that complete ragtag compression of all of my
 DAG>> worldly goods into the different closets and under some pieces of
 DAG>> furniture around here. 
 NB> At least it's finally taken care of...  :)  

  Yeah the sink is still clear.  The recovery from it is not.  I need
floorspace to be able to organize everything that got stuffed away and that's
basically just not gonna happen here.  So I'm gonna have to either take
everything in really small chunks or else save faster for just getting the hell
out of here.  *grin*  We'll see which wins.  I've been having a lot of problems
finding enough clean clothes for myself and for my son since then, so I'll
probably have to take the little bites method, at least when D starts school
again at the end of this month.

 DAG>> occupied by three people. Wouldn't recommend it.  The kitchen, at
 DAG>> least, is slowly returning to functionality, though. 
 NB> Eventually...    At least it wasn't a studio... ;)

  This is truth.  Something to be grateful for that I hadn't considered.  ;)

 DAG>>> I think I found another community center that we'll be able to
 NB> And.......???   ;)

  Haven't been to it yet because of the summer school thing.  Going to try to
find out which one it is again (lost the reference in the plethora) and hit
there very soon here, though.  Thank you for reminding me; I'm going to put a
handwritten note here to make sure I look that stuff up and don't forget about
it again.  That way I'll see it whether I'm chained to the computer or not.
  He's been good with summer school for the past week, though.  I just wish
they would've mentioned it was free for me so that he would've gotten into it
earlier instead of just for 1 week...  With how isolated his summer has been
that would've been a total bonus.  I just thought it was closed because of all
the rennovation that they're doing at the school before it reopens (the same
work that closed the pool and the playground that I was planning to primarily
use for his outlets-- all the same facility).

 DAG>> added that I'd never learned before. So I'm happy with it.  I'm
 DAG>> just keeping my fingers crossed as far as his levels of motivation
 DAG>> staying up.  ;)
 NB> Sounds to me like progress is being made...  :)

  It's doing much better, yes.  ;)

 NB> Cats can be important safety valves...

  Amen to that.  I miss my kittie a lot.  Can't wait for a place where I can
finally pick another one up.  I miss having my rattling furball coiled up next
to me when I'm trying to sleep.  The memories are a little bittersweet, but
still good ones.  It'd probably be pretty good for Deschain, too.  That's a
good thing, because the next cat we get is his to train as a kitten.  ;)  Guess
that means it has to wait for next summer at least.  Maybe I can get a little
tiny one I can hide in a shirt pocket in the interim or something.  ;)

  -D
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