it was a wild weekend, lots of running around, lots of stress. we juggle a lot of activity around here, younger girls (8 & 10), older girls (17 & 20), disabled son (20) who we run food & supplies out to, and foster kid who lies about coming home to go to school, in order to get a ride for his girlfriend to or from work. this last is on the edge of my patience but, in the end, when they start making money they are contributing to the cause. and you don't want to leave a young teen woman stranded in the dark even in the good weather. but the rest of it gets a little nervewracking especially when it comes between nine and eleven when it's peak hour. as for the younger ones the issue is you can't leave them alone, or just leave the house for the others. also when the dogs don't totally all get along, it matters how you leave the situation.

the weather is clearing up a little; it's cold, but getting warmer; it'll get cold again this weekend, but it's almost over in a lot of ways. maybe no more pounding blizzards for a while. back when i got to the area back in the seventies people said april ninth, april ninth, worst blizzard we ever had, it was all fresh on their memory, some blizzard that happened some april ninth in the early seventies maybe. so i tend to hold my breath until april ninth. but then around my birthday, april twenty-first, i'm pretty sure it's about over.

i have a son who's out on the road in california. he chooses between rest areas like tejon pass and aliso creek, trying to decide whether to shoot right through los angeles on his way to san diego or back, through los angeles on his way back to stockton or the valley. i'm telling him to talk to the other truckers - knowing the routes, the stopovers, etc., that's all part of the game.

a good philosophy of life. more later.