Things I Never Thought I Would Have To Learn In My 60's

I am trying my best to be "hip" or whatever the word is.  But ... with my record whatever the right word is, I will probably not get it right. 😩  Hey did you see that?  I used an emoji! And so begins my latest vignette in this saga we find ourselves in. Got a text from Laura yesterday. (L) Hey can I have  friend spend the night? She needs a friend right now. (Friday is a down day for them - no school) (P) You have not given me much information. (L) Her name is Kaylee.  We have the same class 4th period. I don't know what else to tell you. [I must think good thoughts before I type my response!] (P) How old.  Parents permission.  Nature of  problem. (why waste zeroes and ones - keep it to the point] (L) Same age .. hold up ... she is asking now .. give me a sec [I am at work .. I think she might have forgotten that ... she never did tell me what the problem was] (P) What about your game? (L) She said she would stay and leave with us. [not knowing what wa

You know that Laura and Nate are twins.  We have noticed a dynamic between them that I have decided is found only with twins.  It is a special relationship.  One that I did not have with my siblings and I had 6 chances to develop one.  So .... we are in the SUV.  The soccer game is done .. we won! and we are waiting on Nate. These past few months I have been perfecting the art of waiting with two kids in two different sports, practiced and played in two different locations.  Martie and I have been successfully losing some of the weight that we packed on since returning from Haiti. But, I would also like to figure out how to lose some of the "wait" that I have accrued since the kids have become active in sports.  Somehow, I don't think I will be quite as successful. Ok .. back to the story.  Laura had invited some of her girl BFFs to watch the game. They drove separately and the plan was to meet at Sonic after the game where they could get something to eat .. oh did I

So ..... there I was sitting at the table early in the morning, finishing my devotional BLOG, when Nate appeared to let me know that school was cancelled because of the storm that was coming.  He got a text from his soccer coach.  Isn't that the way we are supposed to be notified of such things?  I guess it is, today.  After working past his joy, he told me about an incident with his soccer ball and his friend Sam the night before. Several times a week, Nate will go down by the lake to practice dribbling with his soccer ball.  And now, with his buddy and teammate, Sam.  So as Nate tells it.  They were passing the ball to each other when an errant (my word not Nate's) kick sent the ball toward the lake.  They both chased it and almost ... almost got it when it went into the lake.  Oh, did I say is was dark outside? (What to do...what to do?)  They went back to Sam's house to tell his parents that the ball was in the lake and they were going to use a canoe to get it. (15-