CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Page Scrawler]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Page

Hey, Bertie.  How are you and Steve?

[Albert1434]

13 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Bertie.  How are you and Steve?

Were ok mostly

[Page Scrawler]

2 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Were ok mostly

Good to hear. 

[raven1]

Hi Albert  Glad to here you are doing OK. Aod's still doing well and I'm still testing negative. 3 more days to the end of quarantine.

[raven1]

Hello Page, Hope all is well in your part of the world.😄

[Page Scrawler]

1 hour ago, raven1 said:

Hello Page, Hope all is well in your part of the world.😄

Yup. All is well here. I went to pick Max up from ballet, and he was standing outside the studio with the lad from his 'journal entry'. They were holding their hands together when I pulled up to the building, but Max let go and quickly said "Bye!" when I called out to him. When Max got into the car, this was the exchange that happened:

Me: "Did you have fun today?"

Max: "Yeah!"

Me: "Glad to hear it. Do you like your classmates?"

Max: "Uh-huh!"

Me: "Is there anyone you like more than others?"

Max: *pause* "I like Michael."

Me: "Is Michael nice?"

Max: "Yeah. We help each other with stretching and warm-ups and stuff."

Me: "Did Michael forget his gloves today, or something?"

Max: *giggles* "Yeah! He's really funny like that. He's always missing stuff, or forgetting things. He said his hands were cold."

Me: "So you offered to keep his hands warm, huh? That was nice of you."

Max: *blushes a bit* "Yeah, I guess. But it made my tummy feel weird, though."

Me: "You mean, like butterflies? Do you think you might like Michael as more than a friend?"

Max: *nods quietly*

Me: "You know that's okay, right, honey? You can like boys or girls, or both. Whatever--or whoever--you choose, your Dad and I will always support you."

Max: *leans forward and hugs me from behind* (We were stopped at an intersection.)

Edited February 1, 2022 by Page Scrawler

[raven1]

2 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Yup. All is well here. I went to pick Max up from ballet, and he was standing outside the studio with the lad from his 'journal entry'. They were holding their hands together when I pulled up to the building, but Max let go and quickly said "Bye!" when I called out to him. When Max got into the car, this was the exchange that happened:

Me: "Did you have fun today?"

Max: "Yeah!"

Me: "Glad to hear it. Do you like your classmates?"

Max: "Uh-huh!"

Me: "Is there anyone you like more than others?"

Max: *pause* "I like Michael."

Me: "Is Michael nice?"

Max: "Yeah. We help each other with stretching and warm-ups and stuff."

Me: "Did Michael forget his gloves today, or something?"

Max: *giggles* "Yeah! He's really funny like that. He's always missing stuff, or forgetting things. He said his hands were cold."

Me: "So you offered to keep his hands warm, huh? That was nice of you."

Max: *blushes a bit* "Yeah, I guess. But it made my tummy feel weird, though."

Me: "You mean, like butterflies? Do you think you might like Michael as more than a friend?"

Max: *nods quietly*

Me: "You know that's okay, right, honey? You can like boys or girls, or both. Whatever--or whoever--you choose, your Dad and I will always support you."

Max: *leans forward and hugs me from behind* (We were stopped at an intersection.)

OMG that is such a lovely description.  I don't know who we  should be prouder of you or Max.  You handled that conversation perfectly. Max had to have both courage and deep trust in you and Morgan.  You just made my day so much happier. Thanks for sharing!

[Headstall]

Leaving my mare out tonight... she was a bit stiff when I turned her out and I saw she was stocked up in the hind legs (swelling from inactivity)... now I will worry about her being too cold, but the forecast is only for a low of -12 and no wind... and then up to 0c tomorrow.  

[dughlas]

7 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

Yup. All is well here. I went to pick Max up from ballet, and he was standing outside the studio with the lad from his 'journal entry'. They were holding their hands together when I pulled up to the building, but Max let go and quickly said "Bye!" when I called out to him. When Max got into the car, this was the exchange that happened:

Me: "Did you have fun today?"

Max: "Yeah!"

Me: "Glad to hear it. Do you like your classmates?"

Max: "Uh-huh!"

Me: "Is there anyone you like more than others?"

Max: *pause* "I like Michael."

Me: "Is Michael nice?"

Max: "Yeah. We help each other with stretching and warm-ups and stuff."

Me: "Did Michael forget his gloves today, or something?"

Max: *giggles* "Yeah! He's really funny like that. He's always missing stuff, or forgetting things. He said his hands were cold."

Me: "So you offered to keep his hands warm, huh? That was nice of you."

Max: *blushes a bit* "Yeah, I guess. But it made my tummy feel weird, though."

Me: "You mean, like butterflies? Do you think you might like Michael as more than a friend?"

Max: *nods quietly*

Me: "You know that's okay, right, honey? You can like boys or girls, or both. Whatever--or whoever--you choose, your Dad and I will always support you."

Max: *leans forward and hugs me from behind* (We were stopped at an intersection.)

I'm so happy for you both.

[dughlas]

Sawasdee Khrup Terry. I know I'm late in wishing you a Happy Lunar New Year. I apologize but I've fogotten if/when Thais celebrate.

[raven1]

9 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Sawasdee Khrup Terry. I know I'm late in wishing you a Happy Lunar New Year. I apologize but I've fogotten if/when Thais celebrate.

Hi Dugh! It is the Chinese Lunar New Year and the fireworks were all over the city last night.  Since the Chinese have migrated to Thailand in the past several centuries, Thais have adopted this as one of their New Years.  Many of the Thais have Chinese names and are among the rich here. The next is Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year that is also a lunar New Year. This year it is celebrated April 13th to 15th.  The third is the western New Year.  Thais do love to celebrate! How are you and Mom doing?

[Albert1434]

Aloha All

[Albert1434]

Aloha AllI had another very bad night sigh

[Albert1434]

 

[Albert1434]

Aloha Page

[Page Scrawler]

4 hours ago, dughlas said:

I'm so happy for you both.

Hey, Dugh and Mum.  Thank you.

[Albert1434]

Aloha Terry

[Page Scrawler]

Just now, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Page

Hey, Albert. 

[Albert1434]

I hate that we have not had any precipitation

[raven1]

Hi Albert! BTW thanks for all the suggestions!

Edited February 1, 2022 by raven1

[clochette]

52 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

I hate that we have not had any precipitation

Hi Bertie it hasn't been really wet here nether so far

[clochette]

Hi gang  

Hope you're all having a nice day, it's a good one here so far. 

[Albert1434]

I am sorry to hear that Clo I wish you luck with that!

[Albert1434]

Aloha dear Clo

[raven1]

Hi Clo! Sawasdee Khrup! Glad to see you here.  The weather here last two weeks was unusual also, but for the opposite reasons.  This is the dry season and is usually very dry with no rain for 4 months.  Right in the middle of this season we got two weeks of down pouring tropical rain.