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I am smitten + random mama tidbits.

June 28, 2005

We have a new Executive Director where I work, and she seems absolutely dreamy. In our first meeting today, she revealed some things about herself and her philosophy that made me feel like I'm really working someplace that I WANT to be, and that I can be appreciated. I don't want to go into too much detail, just because I don't know who reads this blog, but in spite of the fact that I *already* felt pretty darn comfortable in the workplace, I feel even MORE comfortable now. Not comfortable as in complacent, either. More like comfortable as in "now I feel like I can make an effort and my experience and expertise won't be minimized or rationalized based on factors that have nothing to do with my experience, expertise, or effort."

That, my friends, is really cool. And I hadn't even thought a great deal about it until today, when I realized that opportunities that I thought were totally not open to me might actually not be as closed as I had thought.

So, yeah. The new boss lady is rad, and work in general is pretty...VERY good. Things, in general, are actually pretty damn good.

The kids are doing really well. Monk is in an Aikido class, and I finally had the chance to observe him and was very impressed. He says he's interested in taking more martial arts classes, and today he meditated. He explained meditation to Coley this way "It's like your mind is a teapot, and the tea is your thoughts." I thought that was really cool, and he claims he thought it up on his own. Any which way, I'm pleased that he has something that he enjoys. He has needed that.

I'm not sure if it's the presence of that influence in his life, or brainwashing by the hippy children he's around all of the time, but he has denounced his support for George Bush and is now against war. He says that human beings are uncivilized, and that we are destroying the planet. McDonald's seems to bear the brunt of his ire, but he is, in general, suddenly becoming a little radical. He did, however, make it clear to me today that he will not be attending any protests in the near future because they are "boring." And, lest I think he was losing all of his misanthropy, before he went to bed tonight he came into my office and, rather than hugging me, POKED me goodnight.

I am glad that I don't have to listen to him extol the virtues of war and fighting anymore. However, now Coley insists that he is going to be a soldier when he grows up. Perhaps this is the real reason for Monk's sudden shift, as he seems to be greatly motivated by being Coley's polar opposite.

In researching classes to enroll the kids in for the fall, we decided that Coley wishes to take a martial arts class like his brother. I fear this will be expensive, but I will see. He really wants to take a hip-hop dance class. I was trying to get him interested in a modern dance class for kids, but he insists that he will not take any class that does not use "cool style" music, like Spearhead.

They are both suddenly into music. I gave Monk one of my copies of the Sludgeworth CD and he listens to it all of the time. I might actually go out and buy him the new System of a Down CD. It would be nice if he maintains at least marginally good taste in music. Coley, thankfully, seems to like ska and punk as well. His favorites are the Ramones and the Clash. Monk likes Operation Ivy. Monk, however, does not like Michael Franti. One. Bit. I have been on another one of my Spearhead kicks and Monk groans whenever we have to drive anywhere, because it's all I listen to in the car.

Isn't it funny how they grow and learn and become their own little beings? Gah. I just love them to pieces. I spent a day out on the town last week with Monk and Cole and Pansy's two kids, and I had the best time with them. Seriously. Like, I didn't even stop for a second and wish I had adult company, I was enjoying being around my little herd of children so freaking much. I love the way Pansy's kids push my kids to grow & vice versa. They are such a lovely little extended family. I feel very lucky in so very many ways.

The other day, when I was walking behind Lu and Monk on the way from the park to the house, I watched them do a really cute, innocent, poignant little dance of touch. Their hands were dangling by their sides, and they would periodically hold hands, squeeze fingers and let go in the most delicate and endearing way. Describing it in words would never do it justice, and I don't even think capturing it on film would provide the context it deserves. It was just such a warm series of gestures between two exuberant, emotional, sensitive, loving boys...and I was so happy that they felt free to express themselves to each other in such a sweet and loving way. When I told k8 about it, she said they would never have done such a thing if they weren't homeschooled. That public school would have driven a tendency for such honest tenderness right out of them by the ages of 8 and 9. I wish I could disagree with her, but I don't think I can. When I think about the boys that I know who are in public school, I can't imagine they would be so unself-conscious. Is that my bias showing? Is it me being cynical? I truly hope so.

Posted at June 28, 2005 12:03 AM

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