Summer rocks! This one is going down in the history books. We have been having fun and keeping busy with the fun. I love when life isn’t too serious!
We started off July with a family camping trip. I told Andres not to eat the marshmallows because they were filled with toxins. Let me tell you what a mistake that was. Everything and anything I did came with a stern warning from Andres that I was increasing the toxins in my body! It’s wild how things are made nowadays!
The rest of July was spent at “camp” for Andrés. ESL camp went well, as did the career camp. He didn’t complain once about any of it.
We spent his 14th birthday at Darien Lake with Grandma and Grandpa. We rode the same ride about 18 times and checked out in the early evening. It’s wasn’t as much fun as I remembered it was back in the day. I wonder why things lose their spice?
What else… He really wanted a puppy for his b-day. He didn’t get one. He asked Willa (my mom’s neutered Dog to give him one). He didn’t get one from her either! He did get that laptop, as I said in my last post. The whole lack of gratitude thing doesn’t fly with me. Gratitude is not innate, that is for sure! I’d respectfully argue with any shrink who thinks it is. Perhaps I will have to keep working on this one!
During this past month we met up with FANA (adopted families) from WNY. It is fantastic to have a strong base of people to bounce ideas off of and to just put things into perspective. I learned a lot in one short hour of informally chatting about the good, the bad and the ugly. It was interesting to see the growth, the plateaus, the roadblocks, the struggles and the blessings that those of us adopting older children are learning to live with. School is my biggest worry. Not because I want him to get straight A’s, but because I want him to learn how to learn. It might sound like a typo. It’s not. I could care less about his report card grades. With Andres, school has to be something deeper than grades on a piece of paper. He’s a different breed. An old soul, if you will. He can read between the lines without opening the book. Look into a person’s eyes and know the real story. I can’t really successfully pull one over on him.
Every day this kid continues to crack me up. He’s always ready with “consejos” (advice) when I don’t really want it. For example, I stopped seeing this guy and Andres said…Mom, since knowing you I’ve seen your heart break twice. Don’t worry. You have 7 more hearts left. Super cute, right? I guess he’s comparing me to the idea that cats have 9 lives? If that is the case then I must have been reincarnated at least 3 times!
There are so many funny stories all the humor at my expense, of course. In the end, it’s worth the laugh. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. That being said, I won’t embarrass myself publicly anymore than I already have.
August is pretty wide open with nothing major to focus on minus a few dentist appointments. The kid needs braces. What a racket! $5,500.00 for metal! I’ll need a summer job next year, for sure! On the positive side, we are looking forward to a spin southwest in mid August. It should be fun to show Andres a different side of the American landscape. He’ll be shocked, I imagine! Update to follow next month…
As always, thanks for reading.
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