morgana and i just got back from a short visit to my mom and dad. i dropped her at her dance intensive on 37th street and came home. she has one more week dancing with betty jones and fritz ludin, and then she begins a three week summer dance intensive with the limon company, along with her friends lina and emma lee.
it's been difficult blogging lately. the main computer is in a room shared with korrina, so i don't like to work when she's sleeping . . . and since she has two jobs lately, she's been home a lot and . . . sleeping! for awhile i was using the laptop (in the morning, in the living room, before everyone woke) that greg and i got morgana and chanda to use for language work. however, all of a sudden the cooling fan went kaput. we sent it off to hewlett packard as it wasn't even a year old and the warranty still held. they sent it back last week . . and it couldn't get past a grey screen!!! it wouldn't turn on correctly!! now we're waiting for them to send a mailing label so we can ship it back to them . . again. needless to say, i am not at all pleased with hewlett packard!!!!
i also didn't blog for a long time as our dear cat xena was so very sick. i was spending a lot of time trying to find foods she would eat . . and feeding them to her. and then jack got sick!! we really thought we were losing him as he would just keel over on his side and lie there like a bloated whale. the day we took him into the vet, we thought we would have to put him down. it ended up that he had lyme disease. now he is on a strong medication and is once again his old self. however, we did lose our dear xena. (sigh). i will be going back over the past month and posting. i actually have many photos up in drafts, i just need to put words to the posts.
also, morgana and i drove out to see my mom and dad as they were feeling a bit under the weather. my dad has had after affects from his cancer treatments, and my mom was feeling a bit helpless about it, i think. they're better now, and are looking forward to several visits from family in the next few weeks. it's good the girls are so grown up and can take such good care of themselves, and help with pets and grandparents.
I have missed you! I'm so sorry to read about xena, losing family pet is hard. Benedict still misses our cat Holly, it has been five years now but with our combined health issues it wouldn't be wise to add any extra work at the moment.
ReplyDeleteIt must be a comfort to you that the girls are able to help and cheer up your mum and dad, I hope the visit refreshed their spirits.
As always you all manage to pack so much into each and every day, you are living a life well lived! I've loved catching up on the girls dnce and music escapades, they both did really well on their free form dance pieces.
I too was sad to read that Morgana has decided to leave the ballet school and concentrate on other things. There is no point battling on if you have no heart or enjoyment but for what it's worth I think she did a super job ... speaking as a lay person and non dancer!
Here's hoping you manage to sort out the computer probs as your bit of cyber space always makes me smile!
Much love and hugs to you all
San xxxx
hello san, yes, pets are a lot of work! it's good to wait until a better time.
Deletei look forward to catching up with you, too :) i miss having my early mornings (which is when i most enjoy going online) since i've been taking chanda downtown each day. she just has two more days this week of her intensive. we're both looking forward to slower and quieter mornings next week.
thank you for your warm words to morgana. i think it has been a good closure for her, knowing that she really improved and could do the work if she really wanted to . . but ready to move on to other interests.
sending you lots of love!
I'm sorry to hear about Xena. But happy that Jack is better! I hope your computer gets well - I was beginning to get a bit worried about you!
ReplyDeletethanks christine :) i'm still here. we're thinking of moving the mac mini out to the living room by the table on which the globe sits . . i liked having the laptop out there because you could close it up and have it disappear . . but maybe this will be a good solution until the laptop is back and up and running again . .
Deletejack has his ups and downs. last night he was so restless . . it was difficult to sleep. i guess that comes with being an old 13 year old bulldog.