Miscellany for today

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There are a whole bunch of comments that I need to reply to, but am I doing that? No. I'm generating another post. Oh, well..

D's day was not as good as yesterday and Monday, but was still pretty good. Considering how poorly he fares with transitions, his behavior this week has been really a pleasant surprise. (The new meds are bothering his stomach, though.) He's practicing away at learning to ride his bike and at reading "The Boxcar Children" and showing a lot of perserverence in both endeavors.

D & K got annoyed with me today because I could not answer what seemed to them a very simple question: why, exactly, could you not break down red, blue, and yellow into other colors the way you could green or orange? My answer, that you just couldn't because they were primary colors ("I know that's what they're called!" said D in a huff) was deemed insufficient. They were annoyed until K, in a bright and perky voice, said "Don't worry. We'll ask Dad when he gets home from his business trip. He knows everything." brian1789, consider yourself forewarned.

(I wanted bright children. The fact that they think of questions I cannot begin to answer is a consequence I'll live with. Two years ago, when he was six, D demanded to know how we knew that green was actually green and not really some other color. I explained how color worked (different colors reflect different wavelengths (I think I called them "pieces") of light) and he pretty much got it. I didn't even bother to think about such things until I was much older.)

K told me tonight "I'm really lucky to have such a great Mom and Dad." I was very touched and told him I felt very lucky to have such wonderful sons.

J has been his usual helpful, thoughtful self. I'm going to miss that when he finally transforms into a teenager. He was very excited because he fulfilled his reading goal for the trimester today. (He is now classified as a "Super Reader". The book that sent him over the top was "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.") Now, if he can just remember to keep turning in his reading logs, he should get a good grade.

I found my keys today (I was working with an incomplete set of back up keys) after they had been missing for a week. And I walked 3/5 mile for exercise today, which is not at all much, but I did it with D, as part of his school "Running Club." We've made a promise that every Wednesday lunchtime we're going to walk together. We hope to get closer to a mile next week.

I had a very nice lunch with hopeforyou. It was sweet of her to call and ask me to lunch, and I had a good time.

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Actually, we have the mood swings now (J turned 12 in November.) Our major concern is that he seems to tend towards getting depressed.

As he gets older, I find more and more that I enjoy just hanging out with him.