Coyote Ugly.

The coyotes have been especially vocal and close to our house lately. I don't like it.

It is not unusual to hear coyotes in the spring when the females give birth, but this particular female & her pack has stuck around. THAT is unusual.

The female has a very loud, distinctive and well done howl. Originally I thought that it was fun to hear the young one's attempts at following her exceptional lead; their pathetic yips & croaks were entertaining. But now that it is Fall and they are all very well versed in howling, it has grown erie. So erie that it is a part of our daily discussion & either Dan or I step out with Buster each morning and evening while he does his job.

I sure hope that there has been a good crop of rabbits , mice & other critters to keep the coyotes all full, because I don't want Buster to become a main course. Shiver.

Flash

No giving up

in the Meyer house......

You've got to watch this..minivan fams

ha. Cool, huh.

Jenny's post is soooooooo cute!

What a great idea.

Flash!

I just don't think that I have enough to do.

Things are so boring at school. Everything is so clear. Students are so well behaved because of all the extra special occasions that make them feel good about themselves.

I just don't know what to do with all this extra mental energy I have. I sure hope those CLC people stop into MY class. They will be so welcome seeing as how I am doing SUCH a good job with all of this extra class time I have to teach.

anonymous.

BC update

All under control...literally.

" Where have you been lately?"

Big smile.."Oh around"

"When do you work next?" "I have tomorrow off.. I'll try to get Saturday off" ( Jamie & kids are coming up)

"I have to clean out the car. I've been living out of my car."

"Where have you been sleeping at night?"

"At Matts"

" Yeah. I see you have half a pack of BC pills in your room"

Big smile"Yeah. I have one at Matt's too... I have it all under control"

" Isn't it hard to keep track of the days that way?"

" Don't worry" smile smile smile " I have it allllllllllll under control".

I sure hope that is true.

Parent's scarey moment(s).

Go into your 24 year old daughter's room, look for laundry that may have been on the floor for a week (because you haven't seen her face in a week) and find a half empty package of BC pills.

Gently scan the room for laundry, back out slowly, bow your head and say a short prayer.

Put in a load of your own laundry. Ponder.

Go upstairs, get on your computer , put on some music on from your youth ( the 70s in my case) and remind yourself of the chances you took at her age.

Take a deep breath.

Get on with it.... and wait for that perfect moment to bring the subject up.

Realize that , in this case, there never will be that "perfect" moment free of tension.

Go with it anyway. Do you job. Remember your roll. Put it out there.

What? A note on the package? A message wrapped in humor? No. That will not do.

But what if you get so busy that you forget to say anything &/or that perfect moment passes?

E mail? No. Face it. Face -to-face is the only way to do this.

Have you secured a relationship with this child that is trusting? And do you realize that you just called a 24 year old a "child"? Are you perpetuating a "baby" syndrome? Do you just realize that you are referring to & struggling with the concept of your baby having a baby?

Listen. Do you hear that song by The Band? It is called, " Life is a Carnival".

Got that right.
Flash.