-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to NANCY BACKUS on 11-Nov-2015 13:09 <=-
 DAG> Re: still trying....
 DAG> 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...  ;)
 DAG> Ack.  Technical issues all around.  Dang solar flares.

But at least it made it out...  Now, it seems that my usual bbs is
working again, so hopefully this will make it out just fine...  :)

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

Maybe any that have gone missing weren't important anyway...?    Once
I'm caught up, I might do the check of what has or hasn't been
answered... ;)

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

Sounds like that worked out well, then... :)  Good that you'd
established enough of a relationship that she would think of letting the
kids spend the time together instead of just panicking about where he
could go...  Sometimes it can be tough to find the occasional all-day
sitter for a school-age child... or prohibitively expensive... ;0

 DAG>> extra-curricular activity, too, and I'm pretty sure I can manage
 NB>> That sounds promising...  :)
 DAG> He's already gotten some razzing from the other members that are on
 DAG> the team (if it actually comes together).  At least one of them said
 DAG> something about "But we only want people that are _good_ at basketball
 DAG> to be on our team."  So I know he's getting a little bit of crap about
 DAG> it.  He hasn't asked to back out, though, so I'm taking that as a good
 DAG> sign. 

Kids can be cruel...  One might wonder just how good the other kid is
anyway... If it's something that he really wants to do, I'm glad that
he's willing to work for it... :)

 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... :)
 DAG> I agree completely.

It tends to be more helpful... and more productive...  :)

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

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

Good for you...  

ttyl      neb

... Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or other. - Dr. Who

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