Tuesday

First of all: son got outstanding soloist award at the vocal competition he went to yesterday. 2 kids from our school and one other kid were all that got this award. he said their choir took first place. he was only sort of excited. he is so funny about that. i bet he really is but has trouble showing it. i am so proud of him! he has a beautiful, buttery smooth voice, that just needs some more training and experience. every once in a while he cuts out or has a note that doesn’t sound as good as the rest.

hubby sings all the time and is involved in several vocal groups. i like son’s voice better. it is better. not as well trained and not as perfect, but the tone and sound is so relaxing and beautiful. only rarely does he sound strained. hub sounds strained but that is because he always wants to sing tenor and he is not a tenor. but he pushes it and gets better, but i never like the sound. i don’t even like good tenors, famous ones, so he shouldn’t be offended. he has learned to quit asking me what i think. and i have learned to just say, you don’t want to know instead of telling him. he understands. especially since i don’t like professional tenors like andrea bocelli and stuff like that. now i do like josh groban, but only when he is in top form. i don’t like his live concert sound near as much.

Next: Dau and i have this great thing going. she can’t wait to get my emails and i can’t wait to get hers! she comes home soon and that will be over. weird isn’t it? i like it that she is gone so she can email me and call me. when she lives here, we just pass as ships in the night… sort of… as she is on the go and the only time we have to talk is late, late at night. maybe that will change, but it is just different. so weird. i even KNEW this was the way it was going to be once she left and i was looking forward to her leaving!

it is like we only have the positive in our relationship this way. no arguments or disagreements. no frustration. the 24/7 is not there and we just have the moments we WANT to share with one another. am i weird or what!?!?!?!!???

she is getting along famously with this older man… lol. she is 19 and he is approx 24? big deal. but i am glad she is a bit cautious. she is afraid to ask him how old he is, cuz she says he is OOOOOOLLLLLDDDDD. lol!

he told her that his friends in his church believe in waiting to date until you find someone you are serious about, so they don’t date much. she didn’t know what to make of that. i told her that is a very good approach. but, so she doesn’t know if he wants her to think he doesn’t want to date her or what. i offered some ideas as to why he said that, but that she should just enjoy the journey and not worry about it. she agreed. a guy asked her today if she was dating him as they went dancing the night before and they sit together all the time. she said no. i advised her to not give such a cut and dry answer. first of all, it is none of their business. and then how do ppl define dating? is it just doing stuff together? if so, then yes. is it going steady and exclusive dating? if so, then probably not except that she really, really likes him more than all the other guys she agrees to do stuff with, if she agrees to do things with them at all. i advised her to just coyly ask the person, “why do you ask?” and see what they say. the problem is they will probably want an even more elaborate answer. i never thought of that. o dear. well, whatever. i think it is not their business. it is not like she has to sign a contract to say whether she is or isn’t.

but he asked her to come see his place this week. unfortunately, she doesn’t have time til friday. they are going to go to something, and then go see his house and go to supper with his roommates. i kind of laugh to myself that he is bringing her home to meet the roommates. lol!

he has met her roommate and has picked her up at her room a few times now. what a gentleman. i can’t wait to meet him. she says i am going to really like him. he wants to come visit her this summer. we live 7 hours away! lol!

faith hope and love, but the greatest of these is love.