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

 DAG> Re: Re: continuing  was: Summer plans
 DAG> By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Fri Oct 16 2015 14:48:34

 DAG> I trust that by now you have received a small deluge of messages
 DAG> that were queued up while Rob Starr's system was down.  :)  I feel like
 DAG> I'm playing UNO or Skip-Bo here and just dumped a whole load of cards
 DAG> on you.  Heh.  With the slam of messages that I got when you returned
 DAG> prior to that, it almost seems like a game of trying to bury one's
 DAG> opponent at times.  ;) 

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

 NB>> I think there's a crossed wire there... I was talking about the person
 NB>> from work you were dealing with, not the friend's mother... ;)  However,
 NB>> it's a good thing that the kids did get together and had a great time...
 NB>> And yes, facilitating their being able to get together at your place is
 NB>> also a good idea... :)  Hopefully the mom will indeed grow past this
 NB>> phase, and turn out ok...

 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. 

Good idea.  :)

 DAG> Actually Deschain has recently requested his first serious
 DAG> extra-curricular activity, too, and I'm pretty sure I can manage the
 DAG> fee on that at this point, so hopefully things run well for that, also.

That sounds promising...  :)

 DAG> The mom has my best wishes, for sure.  I'm wary of the situation
 DAG> that she's in, and the different things that she's doing (some of
 DAG> which are trickling out in her son's behavior-- much like my own
 DAG> son's reflect my own), but I'm also rooting for the best for her.
 DAG> I can only remember my own misery when I was in a comparable
 DAG> situation; and some people can actually run their lives like that,
 DAG> I have to remember.  I'm special with my weakness.  ;) 

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

 DAG>> need to finish that book...  *laugh*
 NB>> Crazy life... ;)
 DAG> At least one thing has remained constant through all of it, right? 
 DAG> ;) 

Which...?  The craziness...?  

 NB>> Chipping away works... ;)  Keeping a flow in the echo is part of the
 NB>> scheme, after all... ;)
 DAG> Indeed.  I'm going to try to keep a little bit better tabs on things
 DAG> from here on out.  Got some evil withdrawing of work hours going on
 DAG> again, so I've got some more time to manage that, at least.

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

ttyl       neb

... I get enough exercise just pushing my luck!

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