
Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
Some of us are more vulnerable than others.
I know that I am, and have taken educated actions to protect myself from it.
Whatever "It" is....
Speaking of moth flies. I was up at 3am. last night spraying white vinegar around my place cause I read moth flies hate the smell. I don't blame them actually cause now my place smells like a bad salad bar. LOL
Watching the news, I was really afraid he would be found not guilty because of the venue.
I was happy that he was found guilty. Horrible man!
But the tundra swans have arrived and this morning I can hear a robin scolding somewhere nearby. March is a notoriously fickle month.
thank goodness he didn't get away with it.
His own son got him convicted, yet another time that an addiction to a smart phone paid off.
I would have bet that it would have been a hung jury. I was amazed at the rapidity of the conviction.
Last year he had a football coach that didn't allow the kids to take water breaks in 85 degree weather and mocked the kids who said they needed water. I told him his FIRST responsibility is to take care of himself; second responsibility is to take care of his teammates. Leave the game for a play and get some water. Take a teammate who needs water with you. If I ever see you go more than a half hour without water again, I'm going to be down on that field bringing the water to you and having select words for your coach. I might even report the coach to the state athletic league for violating the hot weather rules. Under my encouragement (or corrosion) he stood up for himself and a couple of teammates.
This year one of his favorite coaches was assigned to the lead coach on the baseball team. He was SO happy about that! He worked on improving his batting and field skills and recruited friends to play on the team with him. Practice started and he would be playing first base this year. Then the football coach was named as the head coach for the baseball team and shortly afterwards the favorite coach quit after a disagreement with the new head coach. The head coach brought his mocking ways to the baseball team and reduced one poor boy to tears in front of the team. My grand-nephew challenged the coach on it to "knock it off" and "apologize". The coach responded by trying to intimidate the nephew by telling him his opinion of him and his play to which my nephew responded (in a totally calm voice I'm told) "yeah, well in my opinion you're an awful coach but you must have somebody fooled but I'm not a big enough fool to play for you again", put an arm around his crying teammate and headed for the locker room. In the next 12 hours or so, all the 8th grade boys also quit the team; most have joined him on the track team which is apparently happy to have them.
The baseball coach put hands on my grand-nephew as he headed to the locker room telling him to get back on the field but even he decided to back off when the 6' and 230lb boy told him to get his hands off him and get out of his way. Now the coach is trying to get him suspended for "threatening" him. Grand-nephew tells me he never ever threatened the coach; he just looked at him with his best "just give me a reason" look. Not even the other coaches say he was threatening. His older brother tells me he's now viewed as a "hero" at both schools (MS & HS).
I have worried so much about this sensitive kid as I've watched him struggle with the hot and cold treatment of his divorced mother, the spite of his stepmother, and dyslexia. In the last year or so he seems to have grown into a confident boy who is no less sensitive but more focused on others and able to take care of himself. I don't think I will need to worry about this one much anymore.
That was a horrible experience for your grand nephew. Unfortunately the coach sounds so much a bully I fear repercussions for your GN. I wonder if you or his father should take preemptive action by visiting the school board and filing a complaint?
Grand nephew is both blessed and cursed to be such an intimidating size at his age. He is a child and shouldn’t have to deal with this bully coach - nor have to watch his back. Adults, IMO, should be protecting all the children from people like this who are in a very powerful position.. The bully has a lot to answer for but Friday night football in the South is king. He probably thinks he can’t afford to allow GN to have the upper hand. I would not speak to the coach if I were you. I would take it over his head but that’s just me. I’m sorry if I am borrowing trouble. I mean no disrespect.
I agree in many ways it is unfortunate that my grand-nephew's size and general look will cause people to treat him as though he is several years older than he is. I had the same problem, often being taken as early 20s when I was 14-15. I've been warning him for a couple of years now when I first started to see the growth spurt. All I can say is that he generally interacts with adults as though he is older. No child should have to endure a bully as a teacher or a coach but I guess he's in the right family for support; we believe teachers and coaches EARN respect and as long as you respect the position you do not have to respect the person. GN played by our rules (no cussing or yelling, and say what you want in a calm reasonable tone, walk away if its too intense) and he has our support. In some ways I probably caused some of the problem when I told him to ignore the bully coach and go get the water his body needed. But I cannot honestly say I have any regrets about the confident young man he has become.
I should have known you were way way ahead of me. So glad it is all good and I am proud of him too.
KC - hope this move works very well for you and your mum and your family as a whole. It will be different, that's for sure. Let us know how she settles in.
Give your sister credit for helping mom out. I was a ‘daddy’s girl’ and I took care of my mom. A mother/daughter relationship can be complicated at times.
I’m glad that your mom is settling into a new place.
I am so sorry that all of you have Covid. I hope that your symptoms aren’t going to be very bad and that you recover quickly.
Sending many hugs your way!
So funny! He was pretending to be a contestant to promote his new show, That’s My Jam.
So sorry. Hopefully, you and your family will start feeling better soon.
hi everyone! :) :)
hugs & courage & wisdom, to all! :) :)
just wanted to say, today i'm having a GOOD day. feels good. i gotta appreciate those days. my LOs are doing very well; me, too. (i'll continue to be mostly gone from the internet). we're also having a really beautiful day outside. blue, blue sky, with lots of sunshine -- and snowwwww everywhere. it snowed again during the night. i continue to walk around with my spiky shoes, and two poles; as does everyone here, whatever age. on my way to the supermarket, i walk along a river, with icy patches and snow-covered stones, hugged by the water.
anyway, today is a GOOD day over here. and as we know, things can change so fast, so i'm appreciating every moment.
courage, everyone.
bundle of joy :)
If you are out there Send. I miss you and hope you are alright.