Do I have it in me for a proper entry?

[apple_pathways]

Not quite, so here are some random entry-ideas that I couldn't quite flesh out into a coherent narrative:

Job-related

• I never know what to say to parents who are unwilling to accept Bs from their children. Especially when the child is working their ass off to get that B.
  
• An unofficial part of my job appears to be giving people the brush off over the phone. It isn't really surprising that the task often falls to me: Howard is bad at saying 'no', and Kathy is...crazy. I'm still trying to figure out how I can list this very important job skill on my resume.
  
• It's May, which means that it's time for all the parents whose children are about to fail their math class to call us in a desperate attempt to save their child's grade. They had the entire year to fail, and you're giving us 4 weeks to fix it? Yeah, no pressure.

Family-related

• Uncles are weird. (Or at least all of mine are...)
  
• We had my only living grandparent, my father's mother, over on Sunday for a Mother's Day BBQ. Several members of my dad's family came to visit. My cousin Scott invited me to "shotgun" a beer with him. I used to change his diapers.

Gardening-related

• I've been scouring the net for plans to build trellises for my pumpkins and melons. EXCITING!
  
• This Sunday is Flower Day at Eastern Market in Detroit, so my mom and I will be going up Saturday. I ♥ Eastern Market, and I can't wait to see what fun herb varieties I can find this year.
  
• Friday we'll be making a trip to Block's, a flower nursery with the cheapest prices and best selection on flats of annuals and vegetables. Again: I AM EXCITE!
  
• I've spent the last few mornings weeding and getting the perennial beds cleaned up. God, I missed dirt!

Life-related

• MUST PLAN GRADUATION BBQ FOR FRIEND! *slaps wrist* GET ON IT, AMY!
  
• Bell X1 in June!
  
• Also in June: Shakespeare in the Arb! They're doing 'A Winter's Tale'. I can't wait!
  
• Still have no Meaningful Job. ARRGHGHHH! *fist shake of existential life-angst*

Ok. So. What's new with everybody else?

Comments

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

You know, 'missing dirt' might be worthy of a card line. Could so see Hallmark picking up something with cute worms in dirt and catchy phrases that only gardening people would get. Uhm... like having your own card line leads to pay dirt. Actually I've been told pay is dirt cheap in that business so never mind. That's not a viable job either. Boo!

Parents who make their children feel like failures even when they're giving it their all, should not be allowed to parent. It's a god-awful position to be in when you're young, not to mention soul-destroying. Glad you're there for them.

We will not discuss how all my little cousins have babies, like their second and third child now and I feel ancient by comparison, insomuch, that I don't feel like I've aged and am playing pretend at this grownup game and wondering how come they all cottoned on to it and I haven't.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

I'm rather fond of "God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt." Said to justify...eating it. (Or at least eating things which fall on the ground. For me, it's less of a "five second rule" and more of a "however long it takes me to locate the food and pick it back up" rule.)

These parents are STOO-PID. The little girl in question was getting Ds when she came to us, and is now getting mostly Bs and the occasional A. She just got a C on her last test--no major problems, she just couldn't quite get the hang of placing the decimal when multiplying decimal numbers. Her multiplication is awesome; all it will take is a little practice for her to get the hang of it. But her mother is OMG UPSET and she needs to spend the next week cramming for this test she has coming up.

The girl is 11. *rolls eyes* I told Emily not to worry, we'd do a little extra practice, and she'll be fine. Which she will.

I don't feel like I've aged and am playing pretend at this grownup game and wondering how come they all cottoned on to it and I haven't.

OMG, I know, right??? It still amazes me that I'm considered an adult. When people ask me if I'm married or have kids, I still have the same response I did when my parents white trash friends asked me that question at 18: "OMG no, are you kidding me??!?" But yeah...I have friends who are younger than I am who own houses, have kids...my friend Kelly (who is my age) has a 20 year-old stepson. WHAT? It's crazy.

Anyway. You seem rather adultish, but also fun and cool to me. :D Have fun in Cali with tierfal!!! Throw some glitter at her for me. ;)