For the record, I DO NOT PERCEIVE that thread in any way to be merely "poking fun." I see it as an attack on my reputation, character, and future career by libelous and completely untrue postings by your members.
Investigative journalism is a joke. You have no clue, as you have checked no facts, and have, as usual, got everything completely wrong.
Sound relationship advice? Harry, do you know me? Where are you basing your judgments on? From the spoon feedings from others of lies without any proof to back up claims?
Ummmm, that thread needs to come down. If you have any dignity as a man of ANY character at all, you will realize that what is being posted is, at best, very poor speculation and not based on ANY facts.
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When you read some things, it's just so crazy that you have to laugh out loud. James and I did that a lot last night,
Anyway, Callie flies back to Santa Barbara tonight to finish her last year of high school before she heads to college. She's decided to apply to Brown after taking a class there this summer. I'm excited for her! She's amazing in every way. Here she is in the pool. She's like a little perfect mermaid. :)
She has her learning permit for driving, and in CA, you have to log in a certain amount of hours before she can get her license. So, we've been letting her drive the Tesla, and I snapped a couple pics as we went out after a swim to get her a Starbuck's frapp-a-whatever.
While she was here, I was able to observe some of her new talents. She's very good at surreptitiously switching the TV to that terrible PD 99 or whatever it's called. But it was okay...I wasn't watching TV anyway as I did my business-y stuff and sorted through bins.
Her and Joe got along great, often playing pool, ping pong, playing on Joe's VR, or swimming late into the night. It was awesome to hear their laughter at 2:00 am. And I mean that seriously. Hearing my kids laughing together is music to my ears as it becomes ever rarer as they grow older and are together less often. I felt like the most blessed mom alive when I had dinner with all three of them last week.
Going through all the bins collected over thirty years is proving to be quite a job. Sunday, Callie and Joe helped a little, and found some of the bins of the stories and papers and special things I've saved over the years, and they had fun reminiscing over their creations. One thing they found was a story Aidan made when she was about 8, about a Purple Pickle. We had an impromptu story time where they all sat around while I read the book. We videoed it and sent it to Aidan, who loved it.
Yesterday, Callie also found an old Scrapbook and some old photos. They took me down a bittersweet trail of memories...
Here's me as a young USAF airman. I don't remember where this pic was taken, but I remember the haircut that made me look like a boy. Lol.
Here's me as a young AF officer with a short term boyfriend who was a Captain in Civil Engineering. That relationship ended when I found out he was actually married with five kids. What's funny is that I hauled that Sea Doo around on the back of a Toyota Camry. Lol.
Here we are on that same day, on the Indian River near the 528 bridge in Merritt Island:
Oh, and for those who say, "How could she post a picture of her with an ex-boyfriend when she's got James?"-- I believe that all our past experiences and relationships happened for a reason, and I have no regrets, because I've learned and grown from each failure, each success, and each trial and test. Each one is a unique part of my past, and that's the key...past.
Those pics were taken twenty years or so ago, but the experiences they convey are still fresh in my mind, and they recall some good, and some not-so-good times. I'm confident James knows he's number one, and I think he understands my point of view about the past and how there are both good and bad memories associated with every relationship. I chose these two particular pics because it reminded me of jet skiing, which is something I loved, and still love. :)
And here's a picture from a Scrapbook I made of a summer during the time we lived near my other ex-aunt in Issaquah, WA. They had a home on Lake Sammamish, which was just down the road, so we spent a lot of time there. Carra Lee and Tom Bolger were always very wonderful to me and the kids. I miss them.
And here's me after a long day of surfing, or jet skiing...
Well, it's time to get the day going...Callie and I are going for a swim, then I'm going to get a little work done before we take Callie out tonight for dinner before we head to the airport.
Have a great day!
