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i am: 40...a capricorn / moon in pisces / libra rising...an old soul with a young spirit...older than i look...contemplating my 3rd tattoo...NOT a web designer...a lesbian...working things out with the g.f....a native iowan...a graduate of cornell college and ohio state...a critical reader and thinker...really rather shy...agnostic...an ardent feminist...a bleeding-heart liberal...a pacifist...and so not your average white grrl...
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November 04, 2003
bittersweetafter work yesterday, i went to pick up sherri and niq from the airport while s took ja'nique (age 10) and all the kids' stuff (including clothes, books, toys, dvds, a 13" television, and various leftover food items) back to their place to meet robert (15) and lamont (6), who had been waiting there since after school. and so our 10 days with 3 kids came to an end.
we're both exhausted, but honestly? it was not really as difficult as we had anticipated...or as sherri had assured us that it would be. we had most of a weekend to settle in and get used to each other, and then we got our routines worked out early on. s and i managed to get everyone to school on time each morning (okay, so lamont was about 3 minutes late one day), and everyone fed a nutritious dinner (at the dining room table, no less...we almost never eat at the table), bathed, and to bed at a reasonable hour each night. in between and on the weekends, we even had some fun. we carved pumpkins, went bowling, went to the movies, went out for a nice dinner, and played around at home. we laughed a lot. and i didn't even have to miss yoga (tho i did miss one workout).
we especially enjoyed allowing the kids to experience things they either never had, or that they don't get to do on the regular: everything from nickelodeon and the cartoon network (they don't have cable at home)...to the computer and internet (which they only know from school)...to shishkebabs (which they delighted in assembling themselves) and sushi (albeit mostly the non-raw-fish varieties). i also signed up robert for a 3 1/2-hour saturday video workshop for teenagers, put on by the wexner center. he was skeptical at first, but ended up loving it...his video got the most applause.
we had our moments. a couple of lies, concerning who did what that they weren't supposed to. having to tell robert 14 times to take a shower. getting them all to quit talking and playing and go to sleep. mitigating lamont's fear of the cats...especially kala, who can be mean to people who aren't me. dealing with the ways in which lamont is not like most kids his age (he's mildly autistic). but they are good kids, all 3 of them. well-behaved and considerate (for the most part). sweet and affectionate. willing to help out around the house.
it was not really how i would have chosen to spend my last full week 10 of my last 11 days with s, before she moves into her new apartment. but maybe, in some ways, it was better. i was forced to focus on something other than us and what we're going thru, rather than being able to wallow in the state of hyper-emotion that i've been in for the last several weeks. and we were able to enjoy each other, and the kids, and to actually have some fun.
but it's bittersweet.
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