-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 02-Aug-2015 07:01 <=-

 DAG>> what he says).  Seems super friendly, really good with kids (with
 DAG>> ones of his own, also), and I'm still planning on going with him.
 DAG>> Still, I checked on all of the websites and everything.  Would've
 DAG>> been really nice to have gotten that callback.
 NB>> Sounds like someone worth giving the benefit of the doubt to... :)
 DAG> Yeah well the bit that he's the only fulltime dude in Portland for
 DAG> Aikido was enough for me.  The fact that he seems really great with
 DAG> kids and has his own is the icing on the cake.  I was a little
 DAG> disgruntled by the lack of a callback after 2 messages, but thinking
 DAG> more about it, if he operates that dojo by himself, he could just be
 DAG> too busy to get around to new students right away when he's got such a
 DAG> huge chunk that he already trains with due to his niche's particular
 DAG> sparsity right now. 

Yeah... he probably has his time and his hands full...  :)  And it
sounds like, like my massage therapist, it's a one-person show...  Her
personal phone is her business phone, and there's nobody but herself to
handle phone calls, etc, along with the business itself... :)

 DAG> I want to do it then and get him firmly established in it
 DAG> before school starts, and to keep at least a little social life in
 DAG> things for him up until the end of summer now. 

And then, hopefully, the Aikido will continue into the school year...?

 DAG> I can't believe how fast it's approaching.  Saw a good graph on tumblr
 DAG> (yes I wasted some time there) the other day about how a year in a
 DAG> life relates from birth until the older years.  The horror.  I know
 DAG> we've talked about it before; just had to reiterate it again, though. 
 DAG> The horror.  

Some things are just best not dwelt upon...  

 DAG>> Still recovering from that complete ragtag compression of all of my
 DAG>> worldly goods into the different closets and under some pieces of
 DAG>> furniture around here.
 NB>> At least it's finally taken care of...  :)
 DAG> Yeah the sink is still clear.  The recovery from it is not.  I need
 DAG> floorspace to be able to organize everything that got stuffed away and
 DAG> that's basically just not gonna happen here.  So I'm gonna have to
 DAG> either take everything in really small chunks or else save faster for
 DAG> just getting the hell out of here.  *grin*  We'll see which wins. 
 DAG> I've been having a lot of problems finding enough clean clothes for
 DAG> myself and for my son since then, so I'll probably have to take the
 DAG> little bites method, at least when D starts school again at the end of
 DAG> this month. 

Yeah... the bit at a time is probably a good strategy... can be done
sooner than later... and yup, you'll need to do something when the kid
goes back to school...  :)

 DAG>>> I think I found another community center that we'll be able to
 NB>> And.......???   ;)
 DAG> Haven't been to it yet because of the summer school thing.  Going to
 DAG> try to find out which one it is again (lost the reference in the
 DAG> plethora) and hit there very soon here, though.  Thank you for
 DAG> reminding me; I'm going to put a handwritten note here to make sure I
 DAG> look that stuff up and don't forget about it again.  That way I'll see
 DAG> it whether I'm chained to the computer or not.

And you'll be able to use the information later, even if it turns out
not to be needed at the moment...  :)  Or it might be just the thing to
get you both through the tail end of summer... :)

 DAG> He's been good with summer school for the past week, though.  I just
 DAG> wish they would've mentioned it was free for me so that he would've
 DAG> gotten into it earlier instead of just for 1 week... With how isolated
 DAG> his summer has been that would've been a total bonus.  I just thought
 DAG> it was closed because of all the rennovation that they're doing at the
 DAG> school before it reopens (the same work that closed the pool and the
 DAG> playground that I was planning to primarily use for his outlets-- all
 DAG> the same facility). 

And now you know better... At least you found out in time to get one
week in... :)  And know that it can be an option for next summer if
needed... :)

 NB>> Cats can be important safety valves...
 DAG> Amen to that.  I miss my kittie a lot.  Can't wait for a place where
 DAG> I can finally pick another one up.  I miss having my rattling furball
 DAG> coiled up next to me when I'm trying to sleep.  The memories are a
 DAG> little bittersweet, but still good ones.  It'd probably be pretty good
 DAG> for Deschain, too.  That's a good thing, because the next cat we get is
 DAG> his to train as a kitten.  ;)  Guess that means it has to wait for next
 DAG> summer at least.  Maybe I can get a little tiny one I can hide in a
 DAG> shirt pocket in the interim or something.  ;) 

Or take in an adult cat and promise the kitten for next summer...  ;) 
Or get a small stuffed animal or two in the interim, one for each of
you, perhaps... ;)

ttyl            neb

... Am I ranting? I hope so. My ranting gets raves.

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