A Veritable Cauldron
02/06/13 08:27
All of a sudden we have temperatures in the nineties? And this has to coincide with the Senior prom why? Evan took Devon Parker to the senior prom this year. All of the fuss about his jacket and he ended up not wearing one. At least he didn't wear it in the pictures that they took around town. He looked a bit the black sheep since everyone else was wearing their jackets. It was largely a non-tux event and some kids, namely Jeremy Jackson, wore shorts. They seemed to be more of a modified knicker than anything else but they were not unsightly so that was good. Despite the fact that everyone was running behind schedule by the time Evan showed up at his nana's, Nancy managed to get a picture or two of the Evan and his prom date. I have to say. Devon was stunning. Just a knock-out. This is the second year in a row where Evan's prom partner was a leading member of the Portsmouth High School's lacrosse team. It's no wonder that these girls can fit into the skimpiest of skimpiest outfits. Not really sure how the evening went since Evan was tight-lipped as he usually is and when he arrived home the next day he just went to sleep. It was an early night for Devon since she had a big game the following day. The bigger question is, where did Evan spend the night? My money is on one of his friend's homes where they wiled away the evening and early morning hours playing video games. One of these days, I hope he gets a life. I'm not holding my breath.
But life goes on. Tomorrow, Nancy and I will be in Boston for her 6-month checkup. In a word, it's scan time. We know the odds of recurrence are low but I remind Nancy that the odds of recurrence in cases managed by the top tier surgeons is not only marginally better but appreciably better. That doesn't mean that she doesn't have issues to work on. She would tell you the same thing. Don't we all, is what I would say. If anything is going to rattle her world, it would have to be something to do with our son. By her own admission, we are focused now on the next week or two where we will know for certain as to whether or not he will even graduate. If he does not, then we are done with him. He will have to make his own way in the world and that will be that. We have given him every chance and every opportunity to do what he needs to do but he has squandered the opportunities and now his chickens just may be coming home to roost. If he does not graduate, he will have to make whatever decisions he makes while on his own because he will no longer be welcome in our home. If he survives, then he can go on to college in the fall along with his peers and perhaps he can find himself there. As much as we pull for him in his endeavors, we are running on empty when it comes to injecting hope into that equation. He hasn't capitalized on opportunities to date so we're simply not hopeful. A sad state of affairs to be sure.
I would like to work on the lawn today and I should probably tackle it before temperatures get back into the 90's. The upcoming week promises cooler weather so that is good. I will be in Boston 3 days this week for various meetings two of which are job related. It will no doubt make for a tiring week. I will be watching the national news closely for the unfolding scandals involving the Justice Department, the IRS, and President of the United States. I will not be relying on the normal sources since the media cannot be trusted to tell the real stories and that in and of itself is a big problem. Events in Syria seem to be tilting in favor of the government there and their use of chemical weapons against the opposing forces has been universally criticized. Immigration reform is on the presidents agenda and before the senate in the coming months. There should not be a path to citizenship since they are here illegally and they should be rounded up and deported along with their anchor babies and all off their offspring. The reality is that we have social programs like Social Security and Medicare that rely on the tax dollars as do the coffers of the individual states and with declining birth rates there will soon be more people taking than putting in and that is simply not sustainable. As such, they look at the revenues from the illegal aliens and their broods as the coin of the realm and our gutless politicians cannot abide by a policy that doesn't somehow accommodate the illegal masses. It is a recipe for disaster. It portends a sad ending for our once great nation. God help us all.
But life goes on. Tomorrow, Nancy and I will be in Boston for her 6-month checkup. In a word, it's scan time. We know the odds of recurrence are low but I remind Nancy that the odds of recurrence in cases managed by the top tier surgeons is not only marginally better but appreciably better. That doesn't mean that she doesn't have issues to work on. She would tell you the same thing. Don't we all, is what I would say. If anything is going to rattle her world, it would have to be something to do with our son. By her own admission, we are focused now on the next week or two where we will know for certain as to whether or not he will even graduate. If he does not, then we are done with him. He will have to make his own way in the world and that will be that. We have given him every chance and every opportunity to do what he needs to do but he has squandered the opportunities and now his chickens just may be coming home to roost. If he does not graduate, he will have to make whatever decisions he makes while on his own because he will no longer be welcome in our home. If he survives, then he can go on to college in the fall along with his peers and perhaps he can find himself there. As much as we pull for him in his endeavors, we are running on empty when it comes to injecting hope into that equation. He hasn't capitalized on opportunities to date so we're simply not hopeful. A sad state of affairs to be sure.
I would like to work on the lawn today and I should probably tackle it before temperatures get back into the 90's. The upcoming week promises cooler weather so that is good. I will be in Boston 3 days this week for various meetings two of which are job related. It will no doubt make for a tiring week. I will be watching the national news closely for the unfolding scandals involving the Justice Department, the IRS, and President of the United States. I will not be relying on the normal sources since the media cannot be trusted to tell the real stories and that in and of itself is a big problem. Events in Syria seem to be tilting in favor of the government there and their use of chemical weapons against the opposing forces has been universally criticized. Immigration reform is on the presidents agenda and before the senate in the coming months. There should not be a path to citizenship since they are here illegally and they should be rounded up and deported along with their anchor babies and all off their offspring. The reality is that we have social programs like Social Security and Medicare that rely on the tax dollars as do the coffers of the individual states and with declining birth rates there will soon be more people taking than putting in and that is simply not sustainable. As such, they look at the revenues from the illegal aliens and their broods as the coin of the realm and our gutless politicians cannot abide by a policy that doesn't somehow accommodate the illegal masses. It is a recipe for disaster. It portends a sad ending for our once great nation. God help us all.