May 30, 2009
MMA & Busy Weekend
I’ve got Jessica here at Lenderman’s for the third day in a row now.  It’s a nice place so it’s ok. I want her to do a good demonstration for her graduation and test good for her tip. I’m super proud of her. We’ve missed a lot lately… I’ve been really sick with asthma… so she’s a little less proficient than we’d (she and I’d) like.  The black belts assure me she’ll be fine. I don’t want fine, I want good, I want great. She works so hard there’s no reason not to expect it of her.  I’m glad that this is her “thing” and that she loves it.

She and I have been talking about school and I’m teaching her about following her bliss even if that means taking a class over or taking an extra year or doing Running Start. I’m proud of her and will do whatever it takes to get her ready for being a productive and happy member of society… as is what I believe the main goal of parenting is.

I had to just call Jess over because they’d been talking about the MMA as a sport and not practicing for a while. So they are back to practicing again. I’m like I’m not sitting here bored out of my skull (I’m still manic).

After this the plan is for her to go to her friend’s and from there go to a movie party. Then spend the night at her house. In the morning they’ll be coming back to our house and pack lunches and I’ll drop them off at Walmart to catch the bus into town… Tacoma. They’ll hang around in town most of the day and maybe get her dad a birthday present. Maybe, if she cares to. I suggested to her that they find the tourism office and see what there is to do. It will be warm. I’ll try to get her to use sunscreen, but since I rarely use any...