Tripping thru memories
This week I have watched #2 son leave for Fort Leonard Wood, MO on Sunday for basic training and on to become an animal care specialist for the U.S. Army. I missed two of his calls earlier this week, but, Hooray, he called tonight and I was able to shout out a hello during his ten-second call. I will also be able to watch photos of him and his group from the army websites. They really are using technology to keep the families involved.
I watched #1 son leave today for Fort Benning, GA for basic training and to become an airborne Infantry Ranger. He was laughing because he was the group leader with the highest rank even though he was the youngest one on the bus. Main responsibilities - don’t lose the meal checks and everyone’s medical records. We could have warned him that he’d be tapped as a leader from the get-go.
I have put #1 son’s #1 girl on a bus for Florida after we had the chance to shop for clothes, make up & shoes (her bags were lost on the bus on her trip up here) plus go to the bookstore because she loves to read (go figure #1 son would choose a reader girl!) and pour over the old photos of all four sons. I love the questions looking at photos spark. Having someone else gush over your children, your dogs, and your wacky hair over the past years was great fun.
I delivered #3 son’s friends back to their house. Seems everyone wants to keep my house filled so I don’t get lonely. I tried the best I could to stay out of #3 and #4 son’s way as they take over all the space previously occupied, including rooms, refrigerator, and on the computer. I admit it was frightening to see #3 son behind the steering wheel helping move #1 son’s car into the shade. The glee as he stroked the steering wheel and said, “This car is MINE now!” Perhaps you should avoid our neighborhood as I teach him how to drive this month….
#4 Son is quickly assuming responsibility for keeping things running at home. He left several notes on the television, DVD player and remote control informing me that the 14 year old remote for the TV from Germany has finally died and if I push the power button on the TV, it will never turn on again. Pressure! Who knew #4 son would step up so quickly. Perhaps he’ll clean his room next.
Emotionally this has been a trying week. Professionally this week I received a copy of Knowledge Quest KQ Volume 35, No. 4 with an article I wrote inside on conference going. I did receive a request to reprint part of the article for the AASL Advocate Preview coming soon to your mailboxes or you can download it here. I prefer you read it in print or in the KQ format online where you can read the entire article once the newest edition is uploaded, plus you can write all over it so I know you read it. Oops! Sorry, tripping over the ego there.
You see, I am just a little girl at heart. I still feel tremendous excitement when I see my name in print, on a blog, or mentioned anywhere. It goes back to my long held desire to be capable of creating original thoughts. I have these ideas in my head and I want to try them out on you to see if they are practical and useful. If you agree, that’s great. If you don’t, that’s awesome that you even read about it and now we can talk about why you don’t agree. Maybe you have a tremendously original thought that I should know about and that I can then wish I’d had. Isn’t this why we are excited about web 2.o? It’s the interactivity. I really want to know that while I’m thinking, you are thinking too and sometimes we intersect.
My only concern is how we are storing and archiving these ideas we create so we have the memories for the future generation to trip back on and laugh.
