I want to tell the tale of Maeghan's graduation but I think I have already mentioned that. But it could be I remember telling the story to the school board and I did not say anything here. I will probably end up telling it again and then go back and re-read what I have written but there are no guarantees so we will do what we do and let someone else sort it out.
Let's see, I think I was up to the infamous move to this place. Not that there is a lot to tell but we did get out of the first place and into this one. It's much better and I like it a lot, even if six months into it, Juanita is still moving things and I can never be sure where anything is at any given time. One thing that has bugged me and I should probably not enter it here but I had a $300 portable speaker that I got for free from the phone company for being such a good customer but somehow, it did not make the move. Now I am not saying anything nefarious happened but there was a lot of stuff given away during that time and maybe, just maybe, it was delivered to someone else and not here but I have no proof of that and maybe we have just not unpacked the box it was in but it seems a bit strange that it did not make the trip. William said it had been given away to someone, one of the neighbors I suspect, but he says a lot of things that are not true so I can't really go on that.
But I digress. The new neighbors around here are not really the best. They are all friendly with each other but tend to shun us for some reason. I cannot put anything to specifics but they are not friendly and they sometimes do things that might be suspect but they are not unfriendly so I guess I shouldn't complain. The groundskeeper lives across the drive from us and makes it point to start his work with our house at 7:30 in the morning. Many mornings, he starts up his riding mower and goes around the units doing whatever it is he does. Mostly, mowing our lawn or weed-eating our fence at that time. While it is not illegal for him to do that it is suspect that he always does our place early in the morning. I'm usually awake then anyway but if I wasn't and trying to sleep, I might be annoyed more often.
One of the owners of the complex lives next door to us. We found that out in a round about way but once again, she never talks to us either. I think all the people in our little cul-de-sac are part of the management group but I only know for sure about the one next door. I bring it up because they did some strange things and made some strange rules when we moved in. Can't say what they did before we moved in but the rules started when we arrived. Maybe it is because we complained that the pool was not open when we moved in. I am told it had not been open for a year. This might have been because of COVID but others said it was not open before then either. Now, we rented a place that included a public pool and we mentioned it to the real estate when we saw it was closed. About a month later, it was re-opened but then came the rule that we could no longer park in the visitor parking area next to the pool. Our problem is, neither my van or Juanita's van fits in the garage, so we parked one on the driveway and one in the visitor parking.
You know, I am typing this and I know that I have typed it before. I can't say when and of course, I am not going to look, but if I did not tell this tale earlier, maybe I will finish it some other time. For now I will leave it and move on but if I have not told it, then I guess it will be really suspenseful until I do.
Ok, I went back and re-read what I had written before. It turns out I have written all this before and I have written what I was going to say about Maeghan's school. So my apologies for making you read it all again, or think you were going to have to read it all again. It was all sounding very familiar to me but I've been sick and my mind has departed so a lot of what I do these days is a repeat of what I have already done. It's a getting old thing I am told. Being old sucks. The doctor keeps telling me I am only sixty but that doesn't make me feel any younger. I feel old, for the first time in my life. Always felt I was younger than I am but now, I'm old and I feel it. Not a lot of fun and as I once saw in a movie or something, what if today is the best day of the rest of your life. Maybe, it only gets worse from here.
I was called away for a while. Not sure where I am or what I was doing. So I will just make it up.
William started work yesterday. He doesn't get paid for it and only does it once a week but it is a real job. It is part of the work from school program or something like that. I can't recall the actual name of the program but he basically goes one day a week to work on getting his CERT II in something or other. I think he is getting one in Fitness or Physical Training or something. CERT II is the precursor to CERT III, which is what Maeghan is getting in TAFE. It all works out somehow and I am too old to try to figure it out. The school pays for the course. They get one free one during tenth or eleventh grade. If they want to do another, they have to pay for it. Since we never know what they are going to offer, he decided this was the one he wanted to do.
He is working at the public pool/public gym in Caboolture. That's the town next to us. We had to go, or I had to go, and look up all places that he wanted to possibility work at. Since he had no idea what that meant, I had to do it for him. Once he had a list, the school would call these places and see if they would do an apprenticeship for him. I think this was the first one I had listed and they only contacted that one. He wants to work in the gym part but they have him doing the pool part and working at the front counter. But it had only been one day so maybe next week he will get to do more. He has to do it once a week for ten weeks.
He was tired and not wanting to go to school today but we made him go. He didn't do any of the paperwork they wanted him to fill out so we have to do that before he goes next week. I think he likes it, but again, it is only one day so we will see if that continues. It is a first job where he has to listen and do what someone else tells him to do so we will see how he copes with that. I know he does not always listen to his teachers so I don't know how long he will last in a real working condition. I am sure it will be lots of fun.
Maeghan told us she was going to drinks after school today. She insists it is for bubble tea but I am not so sure. I will be sure and question her a lot when she gets home. She is at class today, her only day to actually go to class. Other days of the week, she works online in a virtual meeting. I think they are using ZOOM. Having never used that myself I cannot say what that means but she does it for three hours a day, three days a week. I am not sure what goes on as I never hear her say anything but I can see her picture on the screen and all the other people in her class so they must be doing something. She has decided she works from the couch as it is against the wall and she does not want us walking behind her if she was working at the desk. I think she might get embarrassed if I walked behind her and did crazy things. But where is the fun for me if I can't do that while she is working in class. I started up the coffee grinder the other day while she was in class and she gave me a dirty look. So now I try to do it every time I see her in class.
I suppose I should be going now. I have the only computer now and most of the time, Juanita is on it doing whatever it is she does on here. Play games, Facebook, and YouTube. We don't get a lot of time on the computer anymore.
But that's enough for me. I am tired and want to go lay down. Remember, I am old now. So I take frequent naps. It's a hobby. I am going to go drink my mango juice and feed the dog. I really should be giving him a bath as he stinks and needs his hair cut soon. But I also need my haircut and my is a whole lot cheaper than getting his cut. We will see who gets it first.
So, until next time
Later
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