Journaling Went to see Kingdom of Heaven to escape for a bit this afternoon. W called twice during the film (cell phone was on silent mode), and my immediate thought was that MIL/FIL must have left town. Since the S, W never makes an attempt to contact me in front of MIL, as this would cross the old battle-axe's wishes. Yet it was nice to know that she was calling me within a few hrs of their leaving.
W was very friendly in her messages and on the phone when I called her back, telling me that S5 is sick and asking me to game-plan coverage with her. I offered to watch S5 while she teaches, noting that I needed to cancel an important meeting to do so. W had the sensitivity to find a babysitter to allow me to go to the meeting, yet still be able to watch him for her later in the day. Nice communicating and compromising!
More chit-chat w/ some good, some less so, as W complained about housing prices, noting that she wanted to buy a house some day following her stay in a condo. She went on to complain about her salary, global warming, national politics, her teaching responsibilities, university adminitration, so I can't take it too personally I guess. I validated her feelings, but also noted, "I'm just working as hard as I can, setting up goals so that I can afford a nice home and set some aside so that S5 will have a good start to his young life as well."
I'm in a rather mellow mood tonight. Thought I'd share a few lyrics to a great song I though follow DBing philosophy:
Matter of Time by KEM
He'd spent his whole life chasing Heaven And never seemed to find it. Cause Heaven resides right here... On the inside.
And people can go from bad to good In the blink of an eye. They can go from bad to good In the blink of an eye. So can I.
It's a matter of time.
A nice, hopeful view of our reality. Here's to our hopeful, disciplined, effortful march toward change.
Sleep well, all. Jo, I'll be keeping that journal handy in case I do dream.
Yet it was nice to know that she was calling me within a few hrs of their leaving.
She went on to complain about her salary, global warming, national politics, her teaching responsibilities, university adminitration, so I can't take it too personally I guess. I validated her feelings, but also noted, "I'm just working as hard as I can, setting up goals so that I can afford a nice home and set some aside so that S5 will have a good start to his young life as well."
Here's to our hopeful, disciplined, effortful march toward change. 