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So, like the VA Speeds I to have been asked why I haven't posted in awhile. Like everyone else daily life got to me. For the last two weeks or so I have been putting in 9 hour days at the office and then another 2-3 once I am home. So my apologies for not posting in a month. Here's the low down:

Tyler: She is working on closing out her Freshman year of high school and seems to be OK. Ryan had a talk with her today about her report card, it wasn't bad but she fell off the honor roll because she hasn't been taking time to study outside of the classroom. Hopefully she will take the lecture seriously and get back on track. She got her braces off Jan 5th and looks so grown up, that very weekend she was asked to the movies by a boy... yes a boy... he later told her they went as friends. : ( She was a trooper and shook it off like no big deal. She is involved in mock trial at the school and they had their competition last Friday, she played the part as the bailiff. . They qualified for the regional competition. She is way more social than than in the years past, always seems to have some sort of plans for the weekend. All in all she is adjusting well to high school life.

Logan: He is working on closing out his Junior year of high school and seems to be OK as well. He remained on the honor roll for the second grading period by it was a close call. He too could do a little more work outside of the class room. Ryan and I have been trying to get him to think about life after high school. Whether that's college or getting a J-O-B. He works one Saturday a month at a party center and he thinks that's having a job. We have really been trying to encourage him to want more out of life and want him to get a job that will teach him what working is about and having to balance what you want to do, and in his case it's "hanging out", with what you need to do, and in his case it's working on his future. It's hard, you can see all of his potential and him choosing not to do anything with it, or care. How do you make someone want more for themselves, how do you help them see that there is more to life than "hanging out", that they are capable of so much more. He is finding that there is a lot of work that has to be done for college prep, testing, applications, scholarships, etc and where there is work to be done that he isn't "required" to do it's more difficult to motivate him to do it... Anyway, his band, Black Sun, has a show at Peabody's next Saturday night. I have not seen this band perform before but they seem to have their stuff together, more so than his band before... I guess Logan's story is a to be continued...

Ryan: Work, Run, Work... Ryan is busy, he is always doing something but seems to always have time for those he loves. He has been stressed more than normal but such is life I guess. The more he runs the better he deals with the stress. Seems like every time we turn around something needs to be fixed, something breaks, and someone needs money. He is doing well at the shop, putting out some amazing art and stays steady during this normal slow time for tattoo artists. He's always thinking of our future and what we will do when we grow up.

Me: Work and work. I've been pretty boring. There isn't much to report. I too have been trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I am thinking of trying to pitch a reality tv show for our two year trip across the US. I am thinking something like "The Traveling Tattooist"... they can follow us for a year around the US and capture life on the road for an artist trying to build his clientele. Seems boring so I need an angle. My sister found out she is pregnant with her second child. I have found that I am a little jealous of her. Even though Ryan and I decided that we aren't going to have kids, there is still this small part of me that wants to have a child with my husband. But the large part that likes to sleep in, have quiet time, and wants to go on the road in 4 years speaks up and reminds me why we aren't having kids. But what about adopting an older child that needs a home? Maybe after our road trip we could look into this .... (honey just thinking out loud here, no need to freak). I guess I am a work in progress as well.... Aren't we all though

The dogs are good... they are both cuddled here at my sides as I type this.
I will try to be better at posting now that we are in the new year.... Excellence practiced daily becomes a habit and not an act right?