Dominic is currently with my mom in New Hampshire. Dan and I are going on a cruise that we have had planned for something like 14 months (well before we knew what dates school started) and Dominic starts school on Tuesday. If he didn't have his first week of school next week, we'd be taking him with us on the cruise, but we didn't feel it was ( Read more... )

I met up with Anita today for lunch at a local Asian vegetarian restaurant that we like. It was great to see her--I hadn't seen her since the wedding two years ago. We ordered the same main dish off the menu so our stars were clearly aligned. We had a nice talk about her work and my life and various things and I was left wanting more but also very ( Read more... )

So last night was the final night of our 3 night reunion. I had a lot of fun both at the two bar nights and at the final night with the big dinner and everything. I was pleasantly surprised by how many people remembered me. I remembered a lot of people, too. It was really good to see people again, and hear what they were doing with their lives. ( Read more... )

There are fees for everything in this school district! For one thing, it costs almost $300/year to ride the school bus--something I've always experienced as a free service everywhere else. Now I find out that if Dominic gets a part in a play (he's taking a Theater Arts class) that there is a $200 "Activity Fee" that each student has to pay. This ( Read more... )

So today (well, technically yesterday since it's 3:30am now) was Dominic's first day of high school. My son is officially a freshman. He says he enjoyed the day and agrees that he feels less like a child now. I told him I expect him to act less like a child, accordingly ( Read more... )

Dan and I went to a meeting with Dominic's teachers today to discuss his troubles with getting homework and projects done.

At the end of the meeting, Dominic came in and we went to his locker to see how organized it was. It was scary, to say the least, but somehow he had 4 copies of his Spanish text book. WTF?!

I've been in Tucson since the 2nd. The first day sucked really bad. The travel part was horrible (long story, will tell later) and then when I got to my mom's house (she is in New Hampshire for the weekend, but is letting me stay at her house and use her car) the A/C wouldn't come on. Neither my friend Andrew nor my friend Star could get it to work ( Read more... )

So the professional photos from graduation are done and I got the little thing in the mail trying to get me to pay scads of money to order them in every shape and size. I did order an 8 x 10, but will be scanning and printing at home for any additional copies/sizes. Decided not to buy the $50 plastic frame that holds a 5x7 plus your tassel (5x7 and ( Read more... )

Here it is... all those essays and exams and projects finally paid off:
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This morning was graduation. Woohoo! I graduated summa cum laude with a BA in studio art.


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