Everyone wants time with Josh, and bless his little european heart he is trying to give everyone everything. Tom has gotten up at 4 in the morning to work out with Josh. I got up at 5:30 this morning to have breakfast with them after they came home. Alex begs Josh to go with her to wait for her bus to camp. Laurie goes too, so she can walk back home with Josh to get time with him. When they get back Danielle hangs around him until Josh offers to walk her out on her way to mother's helpering. Even the housekeeper has asked what he wants for dinner each night. When I go to bed Josh lays down with me but I think he is still on France time and gets up a couple of hours later, hoping I don't notice. I was worried we would have changed and it would be different and weird but we're still us. Except like without school.
The grandparents come over either for lunch or after and visit with Laurie and whoever else is around (just Josh) and then sometimes stay for dinner or sometimes go out and then go to see a show. When they stay for dinner, we all sit up straight and keep our elbows off the table as we smile vacantly as we wait for one of the grandparents to ask one of their questions. When they leave, Laurie collapses on the couch and, even if we've already had dessert, yells out "I need an ice cream sundae IMMEDIATELY!"
It would be rude not to join her.
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Just catching up with you, I'm so glad for you that Josh is back, sorry about the rude fire family comment, I feel the same way about those types of comments, fucking lost, AS IF! I agree with your work study analysis, it didn't work for me either, I hope you got the scholarship, and you can keep applying for things year round, keep looking them up. Sorry about Craig, I do hope he'll try and keep tabs with you just check in with you and stuff. The apartment stuff would overwhelm me too, I think you're doing a great job handling it all...the grandparent stuff makes me laugh.
Hang in there:)
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