- NEW GIRL in The PICTURE -

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2010 Today Jayden and Bailey’s school had parent and teacher conference so there were no classes. I had them much of the day at our house. We played Monopoly for a while and then went swimming for a little over an hour. Most of the time in the pool they wanted to wrestle with and play catch with Grandpa. I have only been to the pool once in many months and I could tell I didn’t have the stamina I had, had. Best I get back on it. We are going on our cruise next week and there will be a bit of walking in Rome, Athens, Ephesus, Cairo and Valletta, Malta, as well as Barcelona before the cruise. We may also spend some time in Paris. At least I have my new tennies broken in. Corey announced that Jayden has a new girlfriend. Her name is Nicole. But when I mentioned it to Jayden he said, “I am just helping out a friend.” I guess she broke a leg or something while back. I told Corey that, in front of Jayden and Jayden said, “I didn’t say that!” meaning there is more to it than just a “helping” friendship. Jayden says in so many words that he and Issie are not totally broken up but he is now riding his razor (scooter) to and from school and she walks with her friends.(Bailey is riding her's razor also.) At parent and teacher conference, Jayden’s teacher expressed some concern over how close Jayden and Issie are, though admitted that it is just teasing and playing etc. Corey and Stacey agreed with her but expressed they weren’t sure how best to handle it. Throwing a third party into the mix should make for an interesting love triangle. They’re only forth graders; I’m not too worried about it. I guess I think it is just cute and funny. After we got back from the pool the kids were hungry. Bailey ate two hotdogs. Jayden ate the better part of two hotdogs then announce he wanted an egg sandwich. He fried an egg over easy and put it between two slices of bread. When he bit into it, the yolk came out onto his plate. He thought that was an extra treat and sopped it up with the excess bread. He liked it so much he made another one though this time when he broke the shell to put the egg in the frying pan the yolk broke too and cooked at least semi hard. He didn’t seem too disappointed. In all this, he ate nearly five slices of bread, two eggs and nearly two full hotdogs. That boy has capacity. He is too skinny according to his doctor, but Corey was that way too at his age and is now over weight. I hope Jayden doesn’t have the same situation. Tonight, Corey and his family and Judy and I met at Café El Lago for dinner. It was there that much of the details on Jayden and his love life came out. Stacey’s mother is in the hospital with complications from her cancer. She refuses to allow even her children to visit her. She and Wayne keep saying they are “strong” and everything is going to be ok. I wonder if they are in a state of denial or what. Stacey thinks her mother will be gone in a year or so and believes her father will die of a broken heart/loneliness not long after that. Niki and Alexa are in Phoenix for a couple of days visiting Brittany and her family. It was Maya’s fifth birthday a couple of days ago. She and I got to be good friends when I was down there visiting once upon a time.