September 4th, 2011

An interview with my 14 year old son:

Q: What is the best thing about living in the USA?
A: I don't know.

Q: No really, give me something.
A: I don't know. Hockey?

Q: What's your favorite memory of August?
A: I don't know.

Q: Come on, work with me!
A: Oh! You making me remember my passport number. Me remembering it and giving you a real surprise!

Q: Anything else?
A: Going on vacation with you. To see how big Arizona is and to see the fence at the boarder was great. Missing that flight in DC was epic, mom. I want to do it again!!

Q: Are you excited for school to start?
A: Nope.

Q: Why?
A: I don't know. It's 8th grade. I will have to try hard.

Q: Do you like Mighty Taco?
A: No.

Q: Do you love me?
A: oh yeah. I love you. Your freckles are lovable, too. JAJAJAJAJAJA.

Q: Any thoughts you'd like to share with the adoption reading world?
A: No thank you. I don't have feelings.

Q: Yes, you do. Everyone does.
A: Yeah, I wish more kids were adopted here because it's good.

Q: Any funny stories to share for this month?
A: I saw a Lamborghini with Grandma. She liked it.

My comments:

"No" and "I don't know" seem to be the way things roll around here. I'm trying to make it funny so I don't lose my mind. His new found passion seems to be doomsday programing. Anything that predicts the end of the world is fascinating. (That and bigfoot!) 8th grade starts Tuesday. He'll be looping with the same teachers as last year. Still in ESL full time, too. One day at a time, right? At least he gets up and goes to school. His plan is to work for the DEA. I think he just wants a gun, to be honest!

We wrapped up the summer with a lot of fun. Obviously, we took a vacation. He had a few sleepovers, did a zip line course, hung out with the family at the reunion, good old summer BBQ parties and even did some Buffalo tourist stuff like the Aquarium and Miss Buffalo. It's been a blast. I'm sad to see summer end. Here's to hoping he passes all his classes this year. Not diggin' the idea of 8th grade summer school, myself!

As always, thank you for reading!