Re: still trying....
  By: NANCY BACKUS to DAMON A. GETSMAN on Mon Nov 09 2015 11:56:00

 NB> I tried sending this and the next message a few days ago, and managed to
 NB> grunge up the reply packet... managed to retrieve the messages, redid
 NB> the packet, and now that bbs is giving me issues... so here goes, from
 NB> an alternative access...  ;)

  Ack.  Technical issues all around.  Dang solar flares.

 NB> Haven't seen a deluge of messages from you yet... they've been coming
 NB> along at only one or two a day... Had they arrived, you might have
 NB> received a slam back... ;)  I've been trying to only give you a few at a
 NB> time, though, lately... I've slipped to about 5 days behind for Tiny's,
 NB> trying to figure out why that one message wasn't making it out... but
 NB> I'm not planning to catch up all at once, probably just a couple day's
 NB> worth of your messages at a time..  :)  I note that you are working on
 NB> the backlog...  

  Well that's kind of odd.  I guess however they get there it's better that
they're arriving than not.  Heh.  

 DAG>> Oopthieoopth.  Yeah I'm definitely working on getting things to the
 DAG>> point where they'll be able to hang out here again, as well, and
 DAG>> more often. 
 NB> Good idea.  :)

  They are hanging out together again as I type this.  I don't know what
happened with his friend's mom, but she was unable to find childcare today in
order to get in to work, since school was out for the guys.  So he's hanging
out here until 5.  I think they're a little bored about stuff to do, but I'm
going to be heading outside with them in awhile here.  Always better with
someone to hang out with, though, for the most part.

 DAG>> extra-curricular activity, too, and I'm pretty sure I can manage
 NB> That sounds promising...  :)

  He's already gotten some razzing from the other members that are on the team
(if it actually comes together).  At least one of them said something about
"But we only want people that are _good_ at basketball to be on our
team."  So
I know he's getting a little bit of crap about it.  He hasn't asked to back
out, though, so I'm taking that as a good sign.

 NB> We all have our own weaknesses and strengths... and function in our own
 NB> ways... And what we do does trickle down into our children's behavior,
 NB> for better or worse, but not always how one might expect...  and not
 NB> always permanently, either...   I guess my philosophy tends to boil down
 NB> to let people be, but offer the helping hand where useful and whenever
 NB> possible... :)

  I agree completely.

 NB> Which...?  The craziness...?  

  The craziness is definitely _a_ constant, if not _the_ constant that I was
referring to.  My mind is a bit hazy right now as to the exact recollection,
but it can't have been too important.  :)

 NB> The ebb and flow of the different parts of our lives...  ;)

  *resists quoting 'Days of our Lives' opening words with changes made*

  -D
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