Just a quick ’something lighter’
Annie ROCKS at soccer. Her 2nd practice was last night. And, once she decided that she was going to pay attention to the coach, instead of just running around the field with the ball (and, it is hard for her to know she’s supposed to pay attention to him, because he is very soft-spoken -and- english is his 2nd language), she was totally skilled! She’s great at dribbling, great at getting the ball from the opposing team (although, admittedly, the ‘opposing team’ during practice was made up of the the 2 boys on her team, who are younger than her and smaller than her & who, apparently, don’t have older siblings in soccer).
Shelby spent the first part of practice on the sidelines, running up & down, yelling ‘Go Annie, Go!’. Then, about 15 minutes into practice, the other girl on the team went into complete meltdown & the coach asked Shelby to come in & help Annie. At first, he & Annie were an unstoppable force, playing together as a great team, PWNing the other kids. Then, I reminded him that those little kids were there to learn the game & that he could help them learn the skillz he has. After that, he did great, letting them steal the ball from him, letting them score, but still keeping them running.
Allison has been more & more upbeat every day. Yesterday morning, on the way to school, there were a couple of boys kind of standing in the road, looking back at a cool car that had passed. I had to slow down to an almost stop, to avoid hitting them. As we passed, she told me that one of them was in her choir. We joked about how embarrassing it would be if I had hit him, “Gee, sorry about how my stepmom ran you over”. She said “Well, at least that would give me a chance to talk to him 
” (he was a long-hair cutie 
)
I’m thinking that would be a good title or opening line for some teen fiction - “My stepmom ran over the cutest boy in school, what else could go wrong?”. Or, something like that :-p
And, the whole Moon Jump Delivery thing is going great, I think. Sure, it’s hard to fit them into our schedule, but we’re working together on it & that makes it fun. It’s a new venture that Jim & I are embarking on as a team & I love doing anything with him as a team I like the way we work together. I like the way we figure it all out, for the benefit of our family and ourselves. I love the way we are respectful of each other’s strengths.
Doing actual physical labor on a regular basis, with actual physical return of money for each job (although, we don’t get paid until the following Saturday for jobs), is making me more aware of the money I’m spending and making me hesitant to spend it frivolously. When I think of things in terms of how many ‘moon jumps’ it’s worth, I am less likely to throw the hard-earned money away.
Finally - at regular work - the Client Services person who was always the most clueless is leaving tomorrow. I’m not sure if she was let go, or if she quit. I know they are trying to hire someone to replace her, though, so it’s not that they’ve eliminated her position. It’s going to be nice to not have to deal with her anymore. But, that just means that there will be someone new to deal with…
