Weekends without Homework. Rocket Building. Markets and Mayans. Gratitude.
Saturday Morning up at 3:30. Lil Bear and I spent some extra Time out in the Yard in the wee hours on Perimeter Patrol over Coffee and marking territory. Meditatation was deep and relaxing in The Chair, Lites Out, Mongolian Throat Singing in the EarPods. Cin is sleeping but we will be going to put our Feet in the Sand by 9am. This is a Homework(HW) Free Weekend as I finished annotatiing tghe Lesson Plan Video Yesterday around 7 in the Evening. There are still things to do for the September portion of this 4 Month long class however, it is just all data recording of PD and Support hours; I haven’t looked at it much yet. I now have a decent understanding of the expectations of this class; a more complete pictuye once grades are posted for the Video assignment but I do see the HW being manageable in a one to two Week Time line and HW Free Weekends from here on out.
Friday began with an early Morning chat with Sammi and me subbing for Stemper briefly, just until the Sub showed up. I brought tools to assemble the other set of shelves in Angela’s shed but by. the Time I got out of Stemper’s class, it didn’t make sense to begin a project. I spent what Time I had before Rocket Building (RB) cleaning up trash and collecting some cardboard to make a small “paint booth”.
RB was excellent. The Kids are really into it and made huge progress on Theri builds; we only have one hour a Week in RB.
I am super happy with the Kids; They have been helping each other, getting along and satying focused, engaged and having fun; makes my Day.
The Afternoon was self directed so no actaual Staff Meeting. I went Home and cracked open the Macbook for a while working on the Video. I hadnt been to the Friday Market in Weeks and needed Honey for my Coffee. The Honey Guy turned out not to be there this Week. I got a large Watermelon/Lemonade and cahtted with Vendor Friends. Eventually I ebded up taliking to two Guys selling Merch from the Show Mayans; I havnet ever seen it but apparently one of the Guys is in the show. The other Guy, Sonny had recently paroled out of Pelican Bay after being incarcerated for 40 consecutive Years starting in Juvenile Hall at 13. 40 Years inside.
I ran into a WCSA Family, the Kids running up to give me hugs; the Mom in school full Time looking to improve Her options in Life, we comisrerated on that.
A stop at Hole in the Wall for a burrito to take Home, another former Dtudent and His GF; this Kid must be 25 or so by now and is a Beekeeper; we talked Bees and Honey. He is involved in a project where Folks get a Hive in Their Yard for $1000 a Year with a gaurantee of recievibg 125 pounds of Honey over the course of the Year; that is 50 cents and ounce. The program is designed to spread awarness around Bees, as well. So far, the Hives are in some the wealthiest areas in the SF Bay Area, Atherton, Menlo Park etc. This same Kid worked at Kuhl in Colorado for a while; the two Guys that founded it were I believe His college roommates. We talked about how great the pants are for the first Year and then well, they fall apart and wear out. Great for a Year but that’s it.
The Weekend is Here and Cin and I will spend prety much all of it doing stuff together. No HW is key. LIkely we will hit 3 Meetings, 2 Today and one Sunday Morning. 2-4 Beach Walks. A low key Date Nite Tonite. Dinner out, Ice Cream maybe a Movie in the Theater, binge some Netflix. Like that.
No Jason on site Yesterday. We cleared the Platform on September 3rd. I have not felt the need to crack the whip to get the Gym painted; initially I had some expectation of the job being completed in under a Week but you know what They say about expectations. We are 17ish Days in; thats a long Time in some respects but as this has been basically a one man show all except moving the 5000 or so pounds of equipment and I am getting the Bro Deal Price, I am not yet tripping. Lets seee where we are a Week from Today.
I ahve prayed about and Mediated on the situation with Whit and I will be writing Her a letter. My plan is to keep on my side of the street. I want a relationship with my Daughter; I love Her and miss Her being in my Life. I nkow too many Guys whose Kids dont have anything to do with Then and I do not want that for myself. I will do my part but the results are not up to me alone.
Boo is doing well, happy and productive, alive and well.
Cin and I are good. At the end of most Work Days especially when I have HW to do at the end of the Day and I have little to no juice in the tank, I have that passing thouht that we would have been just fine if I had reteired at the end of last School Year and while that may be true in many respects, I am not in regret about the Path I chose. One of the factors that allowed Cin to give Herself permission to Retire was my Gig and the Money I make. Working another 2 Years has exponential financial significance for the Family especially in the long term.
Grateful for Cin. My Kids. Lil Bear. Dogs in general. Friends and Felloship. Sammi, Jesse. The Gig. For Days On and Days Off. Cheddar in my Pocket. Choice and Options. Jason, the Gym. Markets and Movies. For the Beach and the Redwoods. Ice Cream and Pizza, not every Day though. For Mission 22. For All Needs Met. For this Day to Practice and to Continue.
Boo at 9 Years old; my First Rocket Building class.