Re: still trying....   
     By: NANCY BACKUS to DAMON A. GETSMAN on Mon Nov 09 2015 11:56:00   
      
    NB> I tried sending this and the next message a few days ago, and managed to   
    NB> grunge up the reply packet... managed to retrieve the messages, redid   
    NB> the packet, and now that bbs is giving me issues... so here goes, from   
    NB> an alternative access...  ;)   
      
     Ack.  Technical issues all around.  Dang solar flares.   
      
    NB> Haven't seen a deluge of messages from you yet... they've been coming   
    NB> along at only one or two a day... Had they arrived, you might have   
    NB> received a slam back... ;)  I've been trying to only give you a few at a   
    NB> time, though, lately... I've slipped to about 5 days behind for Tiny's,   
    NB> trying to figure out why that one message wasn't making it out... but   
    NB> I'm not planning to catch up all at once, probably just a couple day's   
    NB> worth of your messages at a time..  :)  I note that you are working on   
    NB> the backlog...     
      
     Well that's kind of odd.  I guess however they get there it's better that   
   they're arriving than not.  Heh.     
      
    DAG>> Oopthieoopth.  Yeah I'm definitely working on getting things to the   
    DAG>> point where they'll be able to hang out here again, as well, and   
    DAG>> more often.    
    NB> Good idea.  :)   
      
     They are hanging out together again as I type this.  I don't know what   
   happened with his friend's mom, but she was unable to find childcare today in   
   order to get in to work, since school was out for the guys.  So he's hanging   
   out here until 5.  I think they're a little bored about stuff to do, but I'm   
   going to be heading outside with them in awhile here.  Always better with   
   someone to hang out with, though, for the most part.   
      
    DAG>> extra-curricular activity, too, and I'm pretty sure I can manage   
    NB> That sounds promising...  :)   
      
     He's already gotten some razzing from the other members that are on the team   
   (if it actually comes together).  At least one of them said something about   
   "But we only want people that are _good_ at basketball to be on our team."  So   
   I know he's getting a little bit of crap about it.  He hasn't asked to back   
   out, though, so I'm taking that as a good sign.   
      
    NB> We all have our own weaknesses and strengths... and function in our own   
    NB> ways... And what we do does trickle down into our children's behavior,   
    NB> for better or worse, but not always how one might expect...  and not   
    NB> always permanently, either...   I guess my philosophy tends to boil down   
    NB> to let people be, but offer the helping hand where useful and whenever   
    NB> possible... :)   
      
     I agree completely.   
      
    NB> Which...?  The craziness...?     
      
     The craziness is definitely _a_ constant, if not _the_ constant that I was   
   referring to.  My mind is a bit hazy right now as to the exact recollection,   
   but it can't have been too important.  :)   
      
    NB> The ebb and flow of the different parts of our lives...  ;)   
      
     *resists quoting 'Days of our Lives' opening words with changes made*   
      
     -D   
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