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I’d really prefer to be blogging more regularly than once or twice a week; on the other hand, well–life. In the meantime, highlights of the past week include:
*My oldest meeting with a psychiatrist. We liked her, she was knowledgeable and helpful, and we’ll be weathering a medication change in the hopes of better things to come. (Although we already bailed on the sleep aid that’s really a blood pressure medication, because she was exhausted and dizzy and told me she almost blacked out at school a couple of times.)
*That same oldest passed her driver’s test! We still have to take her test results to the DMV to get her license, but I’m just so dang excited that she passed. She still needs practice, which is complicated because she hates actually driving (just like her mother), but the stress of taking the test is done AND she’ll have a federally issued photo id for the cruise next month. Hallelujah!
*Sadly, our piano teacher is taking a break from teaching come fall, so she had a reception for her students and their families on Saturday. We brought cookies and visited–my second girlie made the cookies–and we’ll miss her. (Not to mention that we’ve got to find a new teacher now…)
*Other bits–my 13-year-old had an orthodontist appointment, I went to my cousin’s daughter’s bridal shower, my son came down with a spectacular summer cold, my hubby had digestive troubles all weekend, there was a PTA breakfast/sort-of-meeting Friday morning, and my 13-year-old and I finished our current read-aloud. Which brings us to…
*A review! Specifically of Merci Suarez Can’t Dance (please imagine an accent over the ‘a’ in Suarez), which was every bit as good as its predecessor. This second Merci book sees Lolo declining–which was hard for me, given my dad’s dementia–and Tia and Simon dating; it also sees a bumpy sort of evolution in Merci and Edna’s relationship. (Not to mention that with Merci being assigned to work with a BOY classmate in the school store, there are other evolutions as well–age appropriate ones, though.) If you want a book about real seventh grade struggles and triumphs, real family struggles and triumphs, and people you can’t help but care about, don’t miss Merci Suarez. We’re psyched for the third book!