I'll never learn to let things be.

Just wrote up a huge post then due to my compulsive nature went looking for the alt code for " è"--and it went poof. I'll never learn to let things be.

The pretty young lady in the photo below has been occupying much of my thoughts. She came through the brain surgery (that was not a given), they kept her in a coma for a while and now she's out but still on a vent and heavy morphine--in and out of consciousness. Her dad has been calling my son each night and tonight I caught snippets of the convo (Okay, I eavesdropped but I'm getting almost no details from my son otherwise). I'm really glad that her dad doesn't hate my son, given all the trouble he's been in of late. My son seems very reticent to discuss "L's" condition w/me but then he's always been super squeamish--and truth be told I think he's scared and doesn't want to show it. I've never seen much point in putting on a brave face unless it's me doing it. (Did I say I had to make sense?)

I start working for no pay (volunteering) for the women's shelter's resale shop on Tuesday. They are desperate for someone who knows books. Six years selling & I've gotten to know books fairly well. At least what they should sell for--which is what they need to know.
Perhaps somewhere down the line a "real" position will turn up for me in the agency. They have several group homes for battered women & their children as well as job training, career guidance, ect. Maybe something p/t might come along. One never knows but I get good vibes from most of the staff and especially the manager & coordinator.

I found out for sure that the state wanted me to send more p-work, specifically a document that states that I will apply for American citizenship w/in ten years in order to teach here--which means they wants no "furners" teaching in the state of Illinois. Interesting. No desire for a world view. Sounds very George Bushian. Anyway, to reprocess the p-work effectively puts the kibosh on my hopes of putting in some time before the school year ends--so I will continue to keep my options open.

It'a been an up and down day--kind of a mini-emotional roller-coaster. And the weather is like a un-fun roller-coaster ride too. A cold Ontario front pushed in and tossed us back to February-type weather yet in a day or two it should be 70F. Meh. What can you do? Mother Nature will have her way.

Cheers to all. Happy weekend!


"J" & "L"