Weekend so far
Where to begin……….
Busy week. I was on a 2 day trip but stuff came up and it turned into an all week affair. A bit stressful but very productive. I make it a point not to clutter up my diary with too much work related details. We got confirmation from a couple of highly regarded experts in the field that we’re doing some very good things. External confirmation isn’t necessary for me (too much) but it could lead to a breakthrough with the VP in getting him to buy into some things I have been pushing. I just need to quickly pull my information together and strike while the iron is hot. Perhaps I can pull things together while driving Justin back to college tomorrow.
Nice weekend so far. Got home early. Landed about 2:45 Friday so I was home before 4:00. We went to dinner at the Macaroni Grill. Justin had made a reservation. 
His friend and former bandmate, Chris, was with him. We had a nice evening. Chris has another band together. So, Saturday night we got to go see him. Then he calls Justin up on stage to play a couple of numbers with him. It was nice. Their band is really tight. On the down side – Chris’s mom can’t seem to interest him in going to Berkley to major in music. She can’t even keep him interested in high school! bummer. I learned tonight from Justin that his parents don’t really get along. They’re always at his concerts but they never talk to each other. He says they stay in separate rooms. Maybe this is weighing heavy on Chris. Teenage years are tough. I’m glad we can be there to help in little ways.
Nice warm Saturday here on the North Coast. I got out and worked in the yard some. Intermittent rain kept me from any biking though. Later we went to Panera Bread for a light dinner and a couple hours at Borders. Got a couple more books. Need to slow donw on these. I’ve got too many waiting to be read.
After the concert we got home about 11:30. Diane went to bed and Justin was going to go out. Then I hear him call his friends and say he’s staying in. So he hung around and packed his things and we stayed up talking until after 1:00 am. We haven’t done that for a couple months. I really enjoy having that quality time with him. (I logged off and finished this entry on Sunday morning)
Namaste
Namaste
With regard to Chris’ parents: I always find it interesting how parents think staying together but living apart in the home is easier on the kids. Like they don’t feel the palpable hostility in the house. I tend to think it is more damaging from the point of view of how it changes a kid’s reality testing about relationships. Silent anger is not silent at all. It is intrusive. At least when they are yelling one knows an active fight is going on. Silent anger makes all silence dangerous. Then when the kids grows up, if their partner has a quiet disposition or likes quiet contemplative time, the fear never goes away. “staying together for the kids” is a bad choice to make. I don’t advocate divorce, but if they aren’t working on repairing their relationship, they should admit it and move on.
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RYN: The topis is actually fascinating. Thanks for noting that. I have been really amazed by some of the things that I have learned studying this modality. A lot of what western medicine tells us removed the mind from the body equation, expecting them to be independent of each other, while at the same time admitting some connection. Nearly all of the approached I am learning entwine them both. Itmakes a lot of sense, but it is very different material than what I am used to as a social scientist.
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it sounds like a great weekend…
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