A catch up to catch up on

These last few weeks have been a blur to me, work is slowly picking up, and the weather is becoming perfect to working outside once more.
School has been entertaining of sorts; the Fashionista Gang has been in full force. Prowling around each student and thinking of schemes, trying to get others to help or do there homework and outside assignments. It’s really at a high school level the way they are acting. The other day in class one was texting her boyfriend and snickering the whole time with a cohort showing her the messages she received.
The queen of the gang, I haven’t seen out so much, which makes me feel at ease now. Although I do miss having the free unopened beers sent my way. When she walks in a class we share, she makes a bee line in the opposite direction.
My PG had a slight heart palpitation on Friday that put us in an uproar; a while back he had a major stroke, so any small event like this would naturally be upsetting. My G took it all in stride, insisting that if he doesn’t lay off the school popcorn she would kill him.
Amy seems to have settled somewhat with her double jobs; she’s also learned its best not to tell me about her pesky brother anymore. I don’t hear the horror stories of a nearly 16 year old boy crying because he has to go to school or doesn’t want to take his medicine.
This weekend is Loris birthday party; oh my God she’s going to be 9, nearly the double digit age. She’s been out of sorts lately because she wants Jacks to come home. My idiot of a father pointed out its best he stay put where he is. This tore her heart out, calling him nearly nightly crying on the phone for him to come home. I think it’s harder on him than it is her. Anyway, we are going to meet at the cabin – a halfway point for us and celebrate with going out to dinner and what ever pleases her that Saturday night.
I pity him because he feels that he’s just a burden to have to go through these steps to be with family, it’s not him that’s the problem its our Pops.
Jacks has his own drama going on with one person he’s been spending a lot of time with. I wont go there…..I have been talking to Shay, a mutual friend of ours, that lives about 15 minutes from him. She insists he is having a blast and plans on inviting him to some of her house parties as soon as the weather permits. She informed me that all the girls’ eyes popped out of their heads when he first walked on campus. His huge goofy grin, silly humor, eagerness to help others make him a favorite with the ladies and they all foam at the mouth to be around him. Of course he doesn’t see it and laughs if you mention it to him.
Hopefully this summer I can take my bike out and visit him for a nice long drive with the two of us just going wherever for a weekend.