Middle School @ MindSay 
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somebody else beat me to the punch:
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/a-mans-6-pack-can-serve-as-his-castle/20080307091109990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
I think this is one of the few things about middle school I can happily reminisce about. I miss my friends from back then, if nothing else. But I really miss walks home with Chris, our games, the unfinished animal sounds, Lily's trees, my real flowers...
In other news, there are going to be 2 weeks of ballet missed, thanks to NYU spring break and then Easter, and then she's going to be in a wedding in Chicago April 6th, so that's 3 less classes this semester, and I could really use them. Dang. I guess I'll just have to practice in my room like I always do : ).
This week I have this picture on my desktop and If you stare at it too long she moves. She is like a conscience. She is always digging for the truth or the real story in things and usually finds it. She has a way of cutting down to the facts. Her eyes can hypnotize.
It's hard to let her grow up, but that's life. Straight A's, other than that one nagging B she got and worried about. She is wise in addition to her academics.
She is graduating to a 26" mountain bike that I'm getting for her this week end as a surprise. I told her how she couldn't maneuver one that size etc., I laid it on nice and thick. I've got her convinced she's not getting one. ;-)
Middle school is scary. It's the age that can make or break your teenage years. I only hope she has learned what not to do from her siblings--She says she has. In fact, she announced that when she was 6 years old during one of her many lectures to her older siblings. Oh, and she will tell it! But, she somehow manages to say it with love. She has always been the level headed one with the ability to put everything back into perspective. Maybe that will carry her through her middle school days. She has also learned early on that others don't always have her sense of fairness nor do they place any value in honesty.
I'm having faith that it will be ok, for her, and for her Mommy.
Now, if I could just get her to clean her room.
"Have you ever been hit with a tranquilizer dart?"
to
"He's bringing a gun to school!"
Simple. When the first is said in middle school the second is sure to follow. After a period of permutations and mischievous middle schoolers. Who proceed to express concern and tell their teachers who send a note to the office.
Following this, of course, is a visit to the principal. Following which is a call home.
And at the end, a meeting between Cyclone, the principal and myself. At eight in the morning. Then I can go dash off to an all-day field trip with Cartoon Ranger's preschool class.
Cyclone has had a "talking to," naturally. He has been advised that -- in this day and age by an intelligent loner guy -- it is inadvisable to even mention any sort of weaponry. Or tranquilizers (Heaven forfend, he may be peddling pharmaceuticals...). And let us please refrain from pointing at anyone's forehead with an index finger.
Oh, and don't greet Uncle John at the airport by calling out, "Hi, Jack!" at the top of your lungs, either.
Now, I understand that school administration has to check all this stuff out. I do. Totally. We live in a "cover your backside" mentality these days and they have to make sure to talk to all suspect young people. Just in case. So they can point to a little book and say, "Yes, we did talk to him, here and his mom, too, so it's not OUR fault..."
I understand it. But that doesn't mean I like it.
And I am really not going to like having to be so hurried tomorrow between one school and another, with all the paraphernalia for a Day at the Park on ice in my car.
I've been thinking about my future a lot lately. Probably because it keeps me focused on something other than what's constatly bothering me... but whatever. It's all good.
Over the years, I've been through a million and one different ideas for my future, and every one has been carefully planned out, and if I ever did actually follow through with them, they'd work out just fine. Over the years, however, I find better ways (or that I'd enjoy more) of doing what I want, and making the most of what I can do.. And encorporating everything, instead of just being pinned down to kids.
ANYWAY
I'm getting my Masters in school counseling. I've already started the requirements, so I'm stuck now. It's all good. I still wanna do it. I just don't like the thought of a desk job. I've avoided a desk job thus far, and I still cringe at the idea of sitting all day every day, and getting nothing out of it.
I'm getting there!
So, if I'm a school guidance counselor, when i save enough money, I can either rent or buy a small building or warehouse (I could turn the warehouse into a small gym, if I had the money), and from maybe 6pm-9pm, I could open it to middle schoolers to get together and hang out. For middle schoolers, I'd have to have either adult volunteers, or employees (liability issues). Then, from about 10pm-midnight, I could open for high schoolers to hang out. Still, I'd have liability issues, but not so much as the little kids who think they're invincible, hehe.
Of course, I'd have to take into account rent (or mortgage) and utilities, not to mention employers, and cost of fixing up the place, buying the equipment, anything I'd need a license to take care of, ads, etc. But that's what the saving is for. And, if I start it jointly, it'd be split, so I'm not paying it all, and it's not all my ideas.
As far as encorporating everything I enjoy, there's music! Gotta have music! (There goes another $300-500 for sound equipment, music, etc) I could always paint the outside or inside of the building. Lawnscaping! I could have volunteers come in and help out. If I wanted, I could have some crazy science nights, lol. (That'd be kick-ass!) And I would always have to clean, so there's that. Movies, video games, board games, couches, pool tables (the cheap ones-- who buys the expensive ones for kids?), foozeball tables, FOOD (everyone chips in for pizza and drinks-- works for me)... the works, in time, of course.
But, wouldn't you know it, I haven't found anyone who loves kids as much as I do. This may be another dud idea. We'll see. It can work. It's possible.
Hey everyone!!! This is my first blog ever!! Well, today was the last day of middle school. Congrats to all you new freshmen!!! Im so glad that we're done with middle school!!! I thought we would never get out of there! Well.....i guess thats all.
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