...And Come Up For Air
Well, that was a busy week. And (just like last Friday) Southern Man was sufficiently worn out upon his afternoon arrival at La Casa that he crawled into bed for a Friday Afternoon Nap. Last week he napped right through the monthly bowling. Friday Afternoon Nap is a Good Thing but he will have to be a bit more disciplined about it.
The semester is off to the usual somewhat rocky start. Graduate enrollment is down in Southern Man's area but it's down even more in the rest of the school so the Deans aren't too worried. This is due (in part) to stiffer admissions requirements (which the Deans favor) so they're willing to give it a few years to turn around. On a brighter note, an introductory undergraduate programming class that in the last few years never topped four students now has eighteen. Southern Man will pay particular attention to that group and work hard to retain them. We're short one professor and had to cancel a couple of database classes; hopefully we can bring at least one of them back in the spring. Southern Man may bone up and try to teach that one himself, if for no other reason than to re-learn database in case he needs to get a real job in the near future.
The weekend will be consumed by moving the rest of the large items out to The Land so Southern Man spent his post-nap evening packing and boxing up the items on a few remaining shelves. Tomorrow he will probably make several runs in The Titan and reduce the apartment to the bed, the remaining TV, and one desktop. And the huge pile of clothes and books and CDs and such in Teen Daughter The Elder's room. Southern Man will need to cajole her a bit more to get her to finish cleaning out her bedroom. The apartment must be clean and keys turned in on the last day of the month.
Other than that life has been pretty quiet. Southern Parents are doing fine. Teen Daughter The Elder occasionally comes home to sleep (sometimes at 3:00 AM) but spends most of her time with Southern Parents and with her friends. She's still scheduled to ship out to boot camp in early October. Teen Daughter The Younger is settling in to school up at her mother's house; she occasionally texts pics of her in her new school clothes. Southern Son seems determined to go his own way, which is worrisome but at his age there's not much any of us can do about it. So the next month will be spent establishing the routine of the new semester, worrying about Southern Son, fussing over Teen Daughter The Elder as she enjoys her last month as a civilian, settling in at The Land, and enjoying a few weekend outings with the church group. It should be good.
The semester is off to the usual somewhat rocky start. Graduate enrollment is down in Southern Man's area but it's down even more in the rest of the school so the Deans aren't too worried. This is due (in part) to stiffer admissions requirements (which the Deans favor) so they're willing to give it a few years to turn around. On a brighter note, an introductory undergraduate programming class that in the last few years never topped four students now has eighteen. Southern Man will pay particular attention to that group and work hard to retain them. We're short one professor and had to cancel a couple of database classes; hopefully we can bring at least one of them back in the spring. Southern Man may bone up and try to teach that one himself, if for no other reason than to re-learn database in case he needs to get a real job in the near future.
The weekend will be consumed by moving the rest of the large items out to The Land so Southern Man spent his post-nap evening packing and boxing up the items on a few remaining shelves. Tomorrow he will probably make several runs in The Titan and reduce the apartment to the bed, the remaining TV, and one desktop. And the huge pile of clothes and books and CDs and such in Teen Daughter The Elder's room. Southern Man will need to cajole her a bit more to get her to finish cleaning out her bedroom. The apartment must be clean and keys turned in on the last day of the month.
Other than that life has been pretty quiet. Southern Parents are doing fine. Teen Daughter The Elder occasionally comes home to sleep (sometimes at 3:00 AM) but spends most of her time with Southern Parents and with her friends. She's still scheduled to ship out to boot camp in early October. Teen Daughter The Younger is settling in to school up at her mother's house; she occasionally texts pics of her in her new school clothes. Southern Son seems determined to go his own way, which is worrisome but at his age there's not much any of us can do about it. So the next month will be spent establishing the routine of the new semester, worrying about Southern Son, fussing over Teen Daughter The Elder as she enjoys her last month as a civilian, settling in at The Land, and enjoying a few weekend outings with the church group. It should be good.
posted by Southern Man @ 9:03 PM
5 Comments:
When is southern son getting married? Hope his bride gets along with you and the sisters. Hope the two newly weds to be are a good fit for each other.
When is southern son getting married? Hope his bride gets along with you and the sisters. Hope the two newly weds to be are a good fit for each other.
Southern Son is no longer engaged.
sorry...is he emotionally okay?
Hard to say. I think he's taking it pretty hard.
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