At work again. William is here with me. We have a job to do to this afternoon and instead of trying to go all the way home and pick him up and then bring him back, I brought him here. He is in the café. Not sure how long I will stay here, I only have one thing to do, but I should try to stay at least four hours before we head out to the next job. I will have to go check on him soon as I have been here an hour already.
I would bring him inside with me but that means he has to be tested and certified to be in the office where I am. They keep the safe in here so I am not sure they would allow it. Probably, but I told him to wait out there until I come out. I have to go over that way anyway to fix a computer soon, so I will check on him then.
This afternoon, we have to go run some cables. We are doing it this weekend, but they wanted me to go check out what was needed and get an estimate of how long it will take. There are 700 desktops that need to be done. There will be four of us doing it this weekend but they are not sure how long each desk takes, so I am tasked with finding out. They said to bring William so we can get a more realistic estimate. Not sure why, but I said he would do it. He had to miss school to do it but since they are not giving him any more work to do at school, he was glad to get out.
Seems the school has given up on him, and a lot of the other higher grade students. Instead of trying to teach them, they are doing busy work and projects around the school. He just brought home a lot of permission slips for an excursion each Thursday. They are going to be going to some different places and doing who knows what. I think it is mostly cleaning or straightening up things. Supposedly, it is part of Art class as it involves beautification of the site, but it is just busy work to keep them occupied. I think there are seven weeks of this in all. I did not read all the sites he will be going to but since there are only a few people in his class that will be participating, I don't know if it was mandatory or not, probably just voluntary to get them out of the school for a while. I am sure he will enjoy it, even if it doesn't involve actually learning something. Not sure how they get away with that but it seems to be the whole point of the school, to take the problem kids from other schools and put them all in one place. They already have strict rules about where the senior students can go and who they can interact with on campus. They are only allowed to be in their designated areas and can only leave for specific reasons and at specific times so they do not interrupt the other classes. They have had several problems in that area and this was their solution to it. Keep them separate and away from the other students. Not sure if it works but it has been for a few months now. They used to have fights and stuff all the time,
William and I are at the new job now. They did not deliver the equipment so there is nothing for us to do. Not sure if it will be here today, so that puts the weekend work in jeopardy. We could use that money and I am working next weekend so we can't do it then. Seems to be an issue. We are waiting to find out where the equipment is.
I think I mentioned we went to Dreamworld. Not much more to tell from there. We walked around after the concert. Everything was closing, so we missed out on doing anything else that day. Again, I have to say Dreamworld is losing its appeal. No shows, or none done very well, not many rides, more than we can ride than at MovieWorld but not a lot more. Animals but that's nothing special after you see it one or two times. Better food but so expensive. I am not sure what pass we should get next time. The other pass has all the parks but you cannot really visit more than one a day. Dreamworld has the water park and the rides but we will have to see if that is still as good as it was back when we did it ten years ago.
William is upset because we cannot get the coke machine to work here. He wanted a snack but it is not taking cards, only cash. I don't carry cash anymore. I would let him go down to the coffee shop and get something but I am not sure when they will come back and tell me if we are working tomorrow, so we have to stay.
Maeghan has been home sick this week. It's the first week after vacation and she has missed the whole week. She is not sure what that will mean for her studies but she should be fine. Or let's hope so. Can't afford for this to be a wasted year. She only has this one and half of another before she gets her diploma. She can then start working somewhere and get paid for it. On a good note, she has made some friends now, so she hangs out with them a lot after school. Plus, one of her old friends from Tasmania is wanting her to get an apartment with her so they can both move out. The other girl is only doing it to try to get away from her mother. She is not a good girl, or not the kind of girl Maeghan could rely on, so I think it is a bad idea. I think Maeghan knows it is a bad idea also, so hopefully, she does not listen and go through with it.
William wants to save money so he can go to Tassie next year and drink with his friends. He turns 18 and he says he is going to go to Tassie and have a party with his friends over there. Not such a good idea but he is determined. It just remains to be seen if he can save his money that long. Costs a fair bit to get over there and then he will need money while he is there. So far, he saved almost half his last paycheck but unless he saves all of this one, he will not have enough and there is no guarantee he will get any more work. Even if he does, I am not so sure he can stand it being in his bank and not spending it on something silly, like the plastic gun he bought with his money out of his last check.
Juanita gets her stitches out next week. They were supposed to come out today, but the doctor does not work on Friday and Monday, we have to take Maeghan to the hospital for a consultation. Maeghan has been waiting a year for this appointment, so she has to go, and she needs to have someone with her. They don't allow more than one person to go with her, but it is at the hospital and that is kind of tricky to get to unless someone is dropping you off, so I made sure I did not have to work and will take them in. Then I will have to find a place to wait for them to finish.
I was interrupted in typing this at work. It is now Sunday and I am at home. I have no idea what I was talking about or what I was going to talk about so I am going to end this and start new. I say that but I am typing on the desktop and Juanita has put a new chair here and I cannot sit in it and type. Plus, the keyboard is broken and does not sit up, so it is hard on the wrists. All that means is I will probably not start a new entry today. Might get the laptop out and use that but I doubt that will happen either.
This is hard so until next time,
Later
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