Re: Aikido, kittie, etc   
     By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Sat Jul 25 2015 23:56:46   
      
    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... :)   
      
     Yeah well the bit that he's the only fulltime dude in Portland for Aikido was   
   enough for me.  The fact that he seems really great with kids and has his own   
   is the icing on the cake.  I was a little disgruntled by the lack of a callback   
   after 2 messages, but thinking more about it, if he operates that dojo by   
   himself, he could just be too busy to get around to new students right away   
   when he's got such a huge chunk that he already trains with due to his niche's   
   particular sparsity right now.   
      
    DAG>> or else maybe wait for the family session on Sunday a week from   
    DAG>> today if he's more comfortable with that.    
    NB> So are you settled in there yet...?  or more setbacks still...    
      
     Setback of summer school.  We're going in tomorrow now (famous last words).    
   I want to do it then and get him firmly established in it before school starts,   
   and to keep at least a little social life in things for him up until the end of   
   summer now.  I can't believe how fast it's approaching.  Saw a good graph on   
   tumblr (yes I wasted some time there) the other day about how a year in a life   
   relates from birth until the older years.  The horror.  I know we've talked   
   about it before; just had to reiterate it again, though.  The horror.   
      
    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...  :)     
      
     Yeah the sink is still clear.  The recovery from it is not.  I need   
   floorspace to be able to organize everything that got stuffed away and that's   
   basically just not gonna happen here.  So I'm gonna have to either take   
   everything in really small chunks or else save faster for just getting the hell   
   out of here.  *grin*  We'll see which wins.  I've been having a lot of problems   
   finding enough clean clothes for myself and for my son since then, so I'll   
   probably have to take the little bites method, at least when D starts school   
   again at the end of this month.   
      
    DAG>> occupied by three people. Wouldn't recommend it.  The kitchen, at   
    DAG>> least, is slowly returning to functionality, though.    
    NB> Eventually...    At least it wasn't a studio... ;)   
      
     This is truth.  Something to be grateful for that I hadn't considered.  ;)   
      
    DAG>>> I think I found another community center that we'll be able to   
    NB> And.......???   ;)   
      
     Haven't been to it yet because of the summer school thing.  Going to try to   
   find out which one it is again (lost the reference in the plethora) and hit   
   there very soon here, though.  Thank you for reminding me; I'm going to put a   
   handwritten note here to make sure I look that stuff up and don't forget about   
   it again.  That way I'll see it whether I'm chained to the computer or not.   
     He's been good with summer school for the past week, though.  I just wish   
   they would've mentioned it was free for me so that he would've gotten into it   
   earlier instead of just for 1 week...  With how isolated his summer has been   
   that would've been a total bonus.  I just thought it was closed because of all   
   the rennovation that they're doing at the school before it reopens (the same   
   work that closed the pool and the playground that I was planning to primarily   
   use for his outlets-- all the same facility).   
      
    DAG>> added that I'd never learned before. So I'm happy with it.  I'm   
    DAG>> just keeping my fingers crossed as far as his levels of motivation   
    DAG>> staying up.  ;)   
    NB> Sounds to me like progress is being made...  :)   
      
     It's doing much better, yes.  ;)   
      
    NB> Cats can be important safety valves...   
      
     Amen to that.  I miss my kittie a lot.  Can't wait for a place where I can   
   finally pick another one up.  I miss having my rattling furball coiled up next   
   to me when I'm trying to sleep.  The memories are a little bittersweet, but   
   still good ones.  It'd probably be pretty good for Deschain, too.  That's a   
   good thing, because the next cat we get is his to train as a kitten.  ;)  Guess   
   that means it has to wait for next summer at least.  Maybe I can get a little   
   tiny one I can hide in a shirt pocket in the interim or something.  ;)   
      
     -D   
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