Hello again. Been a while. Almost a week. Some would say exactly a week. But they would be wrong. This could only be a new entry if it happened while I was at work, and I work here once a week, so logically, there is no relation to anything other entry. Now I am just typing random words and hoping it fills out this blog. I should get to work.
All of that is not going to happen, so let's keep going. I have started this blog early as it seems I keep getting busy lately and run out of time to do this properly. Now, I am starting at 9:00 am and should be able to finish it before I leave today, hopefully around 2:30. Not that I expect to escape that early, they always seem to find a way to contact me at 2:30 and tell me things that I need to fix right away. I am not sure if that have a little buzzer on their desks or they just get back from break and decide to come see me. But it always seems to be the way, that if I don't sneak out, they find me and put me to work. I have mentioned it before but it needs to be told often and long.
Got a problem with William. We worked this past week on a project that was paying after hours pay. I have been through it. He got paid a lot of money. Now it is sitting in his account burning a hole. He needs to spend it on something. It is close to $900 for a week's work. Not a lot but a lot for a kid that has never had a paying job, it is a lot of money.
Problem is, he is set on this motorcycle idea. I have not had a chance to talk to him about it. I was hoping he would move on to other things but with the sudden influx of money, he is keen to get started. Which brings us to the problem. There is no way he is going to be allowed to get a motorcycle unless a few things are done first. Lots of things that he has no idea about or he is just ignoring. The problem is that he says he is going to a motorcycle shop to buy a helmet and a jacket this weekend. The real big problem is, he might be skipping school today so he can go before I get home.
I am pretty sure he does not know how much that will cost, but with all the money he has, he has enough no matter what it costs. And I am afraid that once he spends his money, he will not be able to take it back and get his money back. Which is what is going to happen once I have a talk to him. Or he will become the problem teenager and think he can just do what he wants. I have no problem with the problem teenager, I just ignore him, but he will give his mother hell and that will not be a good thing. Me, I just let him say or do whatever he wants and show that it does not affect me. That will probably not sit well, but I think he realises I do not mean him any harm; he will just think I do not believe in him. I can live with that also as I know he will come to realise that it is not the case. And if not, I can always convince him of it. It is just a matter of sitting him down and talking to him. Something I should have done a long time ago. I will not go into my failings as a father or as anything else. I can fix it, I think, but it might be too late. I can still fix it, but I am hoping to do so before he spends all his money.
Tomorrow is the day for it, has to be. I just hope he is not out at this moment making a big mistake. Then again, maybe when he gets to a shop, he will see how much it costs and will be discouraged. Let's hope so as that will be my biggest argument. I am all for him getting a motorcycle. I wish I could get one myself. I just don't think he knows all the problems that will create and all the things he has to do before he can get a motorcycle. Biggest one being learning how to ride a motorcycle. I can't teach him, I don't have one. Plus, I don't know how to ride a motorcycle. It has been 50 years since I rode a motorcycle and that was only for a couple of weeks. I know the principle and could probably do it with some practice but, again, no motorcycle to practice on or teach him on. But I am kind of tired of talking about that now. I may come back to it but I want to move on as it is beginning to depress me. Plus, I think I want coffee. Taken me 30 minutes to type this, so I need a break.
Juanita is out with Adam.
I just got a picture of something William is doing at school. They are taking some of the students on road trips to different places. Not sure why. To keep them going to school I suppose. The picture is of him and some other kids doing something at what is called the Redcliffe Breakfast Club. Not sure what they are doing but there are pictures and William was there. Looks interesting. I will ask him if this means he can cook me breakfast now. They used to have breakfast at school once a week and I always ask him if he can get me some. He says it was really bad and he does not think they are doing it anymore. It was the school kids cooking something, mostly pancakes, and he has always said they are really bad. He is not sure they are doing it this year and I don't see it anymore. But we don't take him to school that often, so it might still be there. With the new school rules, he is not allowed in that area. None of the senior students are allowed to wander around the campus anymore, so he could not go get me some anyway. But I always ask whenever I drop him off.
Maeghan just sent something to a calendar that says when the last day of school is. I have no idea why. It is Juanita's birthday, Nov. 25. Once again, I have no idea why she sent it. Maybe because we always start asking when it is as it gets closer and now, she is trying to avoid those questions in the future. Little girl has no idea how things work. Of course, I will keep asking. That's my job. To annoy the kids.
Maeghan is going to start applying for apprenticeships, or whatever they call them when they work for free. She has been saying that for a while now, but she did finally print out her resume and she says she is going to drop it off at a couple of places. We will see when she actually does that. She has to do it for school, but I don't know when the dates are or when she has to have it done by. One of the places is really close to us and she says there are three others around us somewhere. She has to be close so she can get there by herself. I think she is even going to apply for a kindergarten position. Not sure if that is better or worse but if she can get in, that would be good.
I think I mentioned last time that Maeghan is hanging out more with her school friends. She went out with them last week and I think for lunch. She has her one friend she hangs out with all the time. I just found out that she lives on the way home for us. I usually pick Maeghan up on Fridays, so I told her she can ride with us if she wants to. Don't know how that will go but since I pick her up today, we might take her home today. We will see when I get there.
Off to coffee now, then I have to visit a couple of people here to find out what their problems are. I think I know where they are but everyone seems to assume I know them and I know where they work, so they just say so and so wants to see me and I am supposed to figure out where it is I need to go. Maybe if I actually went around to each office like I used to, I would get to know each one and the offices, but with the Covid, I stopped going directly to every office and only go when I am asked. Need to get back to the routine, I just hate wearing the mask all the time. Not sure if it required anymore, but it seems a lot of people do wear them, so I am assuming it is. Back later.
I'm back. I thought of something I wanted to type in here but now I have forgotten what it was. Doesn't matter. Having looked at this one, it is too long again. I need to wrap it up. I'd like to do more entries with less content, but we know how that goes. There is never a lot of content in these in the first place, so less would seem like an impossibility. But I am good, so I will try.
So, until next time,
Remember
It will all be ok in the end, and if it’s not ok, then it’s not the end.
Later
Oh, oh, oh, now I remember. This is it. The 40th entry in a year. More than any other year and we still have two months to go. What an accomplishment. I owe it all to no one in particular. Now we will begin to work on ratings.
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