This One Is By Request
A few friends have privately noted the lack of family news lately. I’ve had trouble finding the right blend of boasting (because that’s what it amounts to when things are going well) that keeps people tuned in, not turned off. I’m also aware of others going through difficult times, something that becomes more common as everyone ages. But by sparing these folks, I may also have given my daughters the short shrift. And, if you noticed one of the comments in my last post, this hubris apparently is hereditary. So, for those interested: My college kid is keeping it all together: the harder courses this semester; the demanding dance team; the part-time cafeteria job she dislikes; and the part-time job teaching ballet and street jazz she loves. She’s auditioning to be a Golden State Warrior Girl, though how she’ll commute from the Napa Valley to Oakland without a car seems not to matter at the moment. Ah, youth. I asked yesterday what she wanted for her upcoming birthday and she responded