suffering from parental fear that such an idea might never occur to her, i had been casually mentioning that some reorganizing might be in order now that she was in college and home only for visits--i had in fact been mentioning this ever since freshman year (up until about a year ago) and some progress had been made but with the 'i'm only doing this to satisfy you' attitude--but the attitude has changed--now, "it's your house and you may want to have guests stay here and the big rainbow stripe and glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling and scars from countless poster tapings and holes from thumb tacks and drawings on the walls make it look a little messy--why did you ever let me do this stuff, anyway?" so yesterday, we went and bought supplies and this morning bright and early (8 am; pretty damn good considering she spent the night at her g/f house) jenn was here and ready to go--at this point, all prep work is done (packing/throwing away, moving furniture, plastering holes, sanding rough areas, painting over the rainbow) and jenn is now painting the trim as the ceiling (former site of the giant rainbow) prime coat dries--as i go about having a break and reflect on the possibility that the rewards of fatherhood do keep on coming and that maybe some of the values i hoped to instill did actually take root and are now blossoming--gives me good cause to smile...i love my kids...(even if they're not kids anymore :)
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- Ed (
sirndipiti) wrote,
Ed
sirndipiti
post teen life...
suffering from parental fear that such an idea might never occur to her, i had been casually mentioning that some reorganizing might be in order now that she was in college and home only for visits--i had in fact been mentioning this ever since freshman year (up until about a year ago) and some progress had been made but with the 'i'm only doing this to satisfy you' attitude--but the attitude has changed--now, "it's your house and you may want to have guests stay here and the big rainbow stripe and glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling and scars from countless poster tapings and holes from thumb tacks and drawings on the walls make it look a little messy--why did you ever let me do this stuff, anyway?" so yesterday, we went and bought supplies and this morning bright and early (8 am; pretty damn good considering she spent the night at her g/f house) jenn was here and ready to go--at this point, all prep work is done (packing/throwing away, moving furniture, plastering holes, sanding rough areas, painting over the rainbow) and jenn is now painting the trim as the ceiling (former site of the giant rainbow) prime coat dries--as i go about having a break and reflect on the possibility that the rewards of fatherhood do keep on coming and that maybe some of the values i hoped to instill did actually take root and are now blossoming--gives me good cause to smile...i love my kids...(even if they're not kids anymore :)
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Camera fiddlin'
I've been thinking about trying some unusual combinations.
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this & that
Not a lot of excitement going on in my life. The trip East a couple of weeks ago was the last adventure. Still get to ride the bike in this enjoyable…
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Garden
Only the middle of August and already the garden is starting to die down. Global warming? Inattentive gardener? Just the way it's s'posed to be? :-)…
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