Ok, back to the kids. Long story that I might tell at some point but we no longer care for Sydney. I feel sure I have mentioned her before but if not, then I guess you can skip that part. It's not a good story and does not end well for anyone but that is enough about that for now.
In case you have not heard, Maeghan is in high school now, or what they call secondary school here. Guess they call it that over there too but they do not have high school here, only secondary. Amazingly enough, she will graduate next year. School only officially goes to 10th grade here. You can go to 11 and 12 but there is no requirement to do so and most schools do not even offer 11 and 12th grade. They go straight to UNI, which is what they call college over here. It's not really what I would call college, more of a vocational school in that you learn a specific trade or course. It does not really lead to a degree, just a certification in whatever you choose to apply for. Not a bad system but to get what I would normally call a degree in something, you have to go to an actual college which I do not really understand how that works over here. Maeghan can figure it out.
William is in sixth grade. He still has a lot of trouble reading but has much improved in the past year. He does a lot of things at school that he is praised for, like teaching the younger kids or reading them stories. It not only helps them but he gets a chance to read so it is good for him also. I don't know if he is still doing that or not. I have a meeting to discuss him learning abilities soon and I will ask if that can be started again to help him.
William does not do sports. Mostly my fault as I do not follow any of the Australian sports so I cannot teach him how to play or play with him. I really regret that and I should get him doing something but I don't want to force him. I think it would be good but he has to want to do it and that has always been an issue in the past. He loses interest fairly quickly and is not willing to put in the work necessary to learn how to play and have fun at it. I say I will get around to it but I never seem to do it. Another reason to start back into this as typing this out may motivate me to actually start doing something to help him.
In case it has not come up, Juanita and I still do not live together. Not sure if that will ever happen again but I am going to put it in here that I really want it to at some point. We basically live the same lives but just not in the same house. Maybe it works out better that way. I am not going to discuss it yet. Just letting you know that situation has not changed.
Have to get back to work soon. Juanita is coming over at some point to trade cars so she can take the parents somewhere. I need to be finished so we can spend some time together without the kids. Not that I want that so much as I really enjoy all of us going out together but William is always restless and Maeghan is not doing well with her condition so it is sometimes good for just the two of us to get a little time together.
I will try to go into Maeghan and her physical issue at some point, assuming this is not just another failed attempt to get back into this blog, but not right now. She is doing ok but is getting worse in that she cannot walk for long periods and gets tired a lot. I do not agree with the doctors or her physical therapy but I did not agree with it from the beginning and now we are seeing the results of those decisions that were made way back when. But, as I say, that will be another blog.\
Speaking of another blog, I did start a religious blog sometime ago but I stopped doing that almost as soon as I started it. Not to get into it too much here but going back and reading some of those posts, they are badly written and I am not sure they get my point across but if you are interested, look it up. If not, I will try not to mention it here again. I am going to try to make that one better though as I am told I have a lot to say.
Enough for now. Might be another six months or a year before I get back to this again and I left a lot of questions unanswered but I am tired of typing now. Not that I am going to complain about my keyboard again but this is really hard to do, or I have lost the ability to type and it hurts my back to hunch over this and type.
I have also noticed that I have not said anything about food, which as we all know is the real reason for this blog. I will say I have been on a diet for a while so not a lot of cooking involved but I have added homemade chili to my diet and I am trying to create one that is good and good for you at the same time. Plus, it was really just an excuse to eat something different instead of what I am allowed to eat. I do have a beard and mustache now but that really has nothing to do with anything. Only that it really needs to be trimmed and it is bothering me as I type. And, I hate my hair cut but Maeghan says it looks good so I have kept it, but it goes next week as I can't stand it so long and getting in my eyes.
That's it. I can't type anymore. Have to get back to work. I would end this but I can't remember how I always ended them. Not that you will know about it but I need to save this and read how I do that before I actually end it. You'll never know I did that. For you, it will just end but in keeping with my random thinking when I do these, I thought you should know there was a pause.
Apparently it was just this. Thought I had some cleaver line or ending for these but I don't see one.
Until next time
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