Two for two!

So Monday, after my labwork in the morning, and a nice long nap after arriving back home, I took my car to the mechanic, who couldn’t look at it then.  I had lunch with the husband instead, and went to pick up V.  And she did it, she got her permit, and couldn’t stop smiling for HOURS after!

She was SO proud!  She didn’t get to drive immediately, as I had to take the car back to the mechanic, but I let her drive after we were done with getting it serviced.  I’m realising just how much my sister taught my Oldest to drive, because I don’t remember EVER being as high-strung when he was driving as I was Monday while she was!  lol

We went to an unoccupied parking lot to practice parking, and she... promptly mashed the gas instead of the brake, and ran up over parking bumper and ALMOST up onto the sidewalk in front of it.

I laughed, as I had done this exact same thing when my sister (the same who taught the Oldest to drive, in fact) was first teaching ME to drive!  But she got upset, because she thought she was going to get in trouble for it, and started to cry a bit, until I assured her that it was fine, and she could continue driving, but only if SHE wanted to keep going.  She did, and we went on.

This was taken as we were on our way home.  So far parking and turns seem to be her biggest problems, naturally, as she is just starting out, and she understands that this is the reason she won’t be driving all the way home from my work yet, but instead will be driving from a gas station much closer to the house instead.  And NOW she’s okay with that.  So she’ll continue getting practice each day, and Sunday, when I’m off work, we’ll go to a local community college and she can, once again, try to work on her parking and turning skills in a lot where she can’t do much harm to anything important.  lol

Otherwise, things are going well.  We’ll see if I can manage to continue keeping up with this blog.  Not that I expect anyone to be interested in it, I’m not a very interesting person, but I’m still going to try!  I have to work today, unfortunately, but it’ll be fine, and as usual I’ll get through it, because what else is there to do?  The husband leaves early Wednesday to work at a festival, and will be gone until Sunday, so it’ll be a nice, quiet end of the week and weekend for the rest of us.  Hope y’all have a great week!  🥰

Hmm...

It seems 2 years is the span of time I like to go between posts.  Or rather, nearly 2 years.  It was the end of March, 2017 when last I posted, so I guess a bit of catch-me-up is necessary.  Well, let’s see...

The Littles (neither of whom is very little any longer, lol) completed their first year of high school together at the same school.  They both were promoted academically, but my son, E, just barely.  So we spoke to the ESE counsellor for the district, and she strongly recommended we enroll him in the “regular” high school instead of the charter school, because they can give him much more help.  And that they have!  He started his sophomore year in August, and so far is only not doing so well in one class, and that one is, to the consternation of his father the certified chef, his culinary class!

Miss V is just astounding.  Every day there’s something new I notice about her to marvel at.  Despite coming from me (total tomboy, can’t do hair/ makeup for ANYTHING), she’s a wiz at both hair AND makeup, and has even started a blog to showcase her cosplay stuff.  She has her days when I want to strangle her, what teenage girl doesn’t, but most of the time she is the sweetest thing I could ever ask for.  And she’s even getting her driving permit later today, if you can believe that!

  

Oldest Son and his fiancée are planning a big move within the next 1-2 months, and will be taking my sweet baby girl away from me.  A whole 18 hours away from me, in fact!  But it’s for the best, and I know that, which is why I’m not going to cry too much about it just yet.  

As for that sweet baby girl, well!!!  She has just grown and grown!  She turned 2 at the beginning of this month, and is just the sweetest, smartest little thing!  She calls me Nonna, though sometimes she messes up and calls me mama, because that’s what the Littles and her daddy call me, and she calls G-pa just “Pa,” probably because her other grandfather is papa.  And other than mommy, who is her absolute favourite person in the world?  If you guessed me, you would be WRONG!

Her absolute favourite person in the whole wide world is her Uncle Squishy.  She ADORES him, and he her.  They are so cute together, it’s not even funny!  He’s sometimes the only person who can get her to calm down, even when mommy’s around!

As for the rest, well...  April of 2017 my father got into some trouble due to his dementia, and spent a couple months in jail before being put in the memory care ward of an assisted living facility down south.  He’s been there almost 2 years now, and is doing well.  Healthy as all get out, just with almost no memory.

We went and saw him while we were down there for my stepson’s wedding back in January, and though I’ve no doubt he didn’t remember any of our names, he did seem to know that we were related to him, and seemed genuinely happy to see all of us.  He kept saying “look how big you are!” to E, who is roughly 6’5” tall now, and kept hugging V.  It really was very sweet.  I’m trying to find the time (and money!) to go and visit him again in a few months, so that it’s not always a year between visits.

As for me, well, I let the husband, who had moved down south in October 2017 to deal with some family issues that arose in April and July of that year, move back in with us this past December.  It’s been difficult adjusting to having him around again, but it’s also been nice to have the extra help getting things done.  I suppose I should include a picture of myself in here, since I’ve never put one up, so here ya go.  This is from my stepson’s wedding back in January.

Thrilling, no?  I have a face, after all.  lol  Well anyway, I’ve been at my job,which is still only part-time, for nearly 2 years now, and I was moved from cashier to bakery, and I must admit, though it takes me quite a while to convince myself to leave the house every work day, I still go and even sometimes enjoy being there.  Which is better than how I felt as a cashier, believe me!  lol

So, I think that’s about it.  I have a busy day planned for today, so I should probably get to it.  Hope you all have a great one, too!  🙂