-=> 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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