I got my voice back but I'm still coughing, congested, sneezing, yuck! Thanks for asking.
I hadn't posted anything because I hadn't had more than a minute the last couple of days. I finally am taking a bit of breather (amazing that I can do that at work, huh?).
Marc had his 2nd black belt pre-test Saturday. In the first pre-test there were 86 people. They failed people from that test and now there were only 44 left. This is an accumulation of students from 6 studios in the area. Marc did SO well and the instructors were all complimenting him. He was beyond excited. He did even better considering he had a miserable cold. We find out for certain tonight if he passed and can take the final test on this Saturday. It's 4 hours again and very nerve wracking.
After his testing Saturday, Marc sent Gabe a text telling him he was done and thinks it went really well. At the same time (I didn't know he was sending Gabe anything) I sent a text to Gabe telling him that Marc had done great and asking if he was planning on coming next week. His response? What is next week? Ummmm....hello.....his final black belt test that he has been working 4 1/2 years for. His response to that? I'll see if I can rearrange my work schedule. He'll see? This is the culmination of this many years of hard work and sacrifice on all our parts to get him through this and this is his response? WTFH???????? This just showed me how detached he is from being a dad and being at all involved in Marc's life. It breaks my heart that this one time devoted father is now only devoted to his selfishness. SICK!
On the other hand, Saturday evening I went to my bff's house. We were going to go to the musical production at the high school (Guys and Dolls) but she was nervous about leaving the house because her back door deadbolt had broken so she had removed the knob and the deadbolt to be replaced but hadn't been able to install them yet. We decided to stay instead of leaving her house wide open to whoever decided to happen in and she and I installed both. I had put doorknobs in before on closets and other interior doors, but never one that had a lock. It took us 2 1/2 hours and 3 beers apiece (maybe that's why it took that long!) but we got them installed! YEAH! Accomplishment. During all of this I was telling her about Marc's test. She got so excited and said she would love to come watch his final. She immediately pulled her calendar out and wrote his event into it so nothing else got scheduled. How special was that? Someone not related to my child who doesn't really know him very well wants to be there to cheer him on but his dad "will see if he can rearrange his work schedule." Again......WTF????
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!
Any other hints that aren't so cryptic?