Stuff and More Stuff

Hello everybody,

I am in Santa Barabra for a women's conference and I am staying with a friend of mine. Her house looks over the Pacific. She and I are both short, impatient and talk a lot. We are having big fun.

Boomy (Mr. 13) called to day and said (I kid you not) Is my grade in math really that bad? I said: "How would I know? I'm out of town." I mean really. Then he says"Dad said it was and he won't let me have a sleep over."

There was a pause while I gathered my thoughts and then I said. "And. . . "

That's when the excuses began. About the third excuse in I got tired and said "so what you want me to do is override your father's decision when I have no information and you have no real reason to do it ?" Then he went right back into more elaborate excuses. I didn't even let him finish. "whatever your father said, consider it having been said again."

This boy must think I'm crazy. Big E and I may not always agree but we are so on the same page with the school thing its ridiculous. He's been with us 13 years. It worries me that he hasn't figured that out yet.

Anyway, I am having fun here. I am going to give a talk about being a Gutsy Gal - that's my friends organization. We wrote the book Put it in Writing together.

Anyway, here are some answers to some of the questions I've gotten lately:

1. Someone apparently told one of our litigants that I was in a bad mood before the show. It was true too because I was stressing over the Big Man vs. Mr. 16 track team brouhaha. But then she wrote me on MySpace and said that I didn't seem mad when I was on the bench. That's my job!!! Whatever is bothering me ought not take the bench with me. It's a solo gig. But whatever the situation is I love my guests. Without them there is no show. Even when I fuss at them I do it because I want them to do better. As my mother used to say: "If I didn't love you I'd let you go out and act a fool."

2. Someone else asked me if the have to join the live chat right at 7:00 and I don't think so. I think you can hop in at any time. But I'll double check with Chuck.

3. Can't wait to get home. Been away a long time.

4. I'll tell you how my Gutsy Gals presentation goes.

You guys take it light. I intend to.


Peace.