Category: Diary

Hi!  It’s me!  Lily!

I did my taxes today.

GRRRRRRRRRR

GRRR!!!!!!

Well, actually, the taxes weren’t bad.  The problem is that my SSN and everything is all screwed up.  I’ve got some deposits in the IRS with one SSN, some in with the other, and maybe there’s an SSN I don’t know about.  It’s a mess!  We talked to the lawyer and he said he’s still trying to get it dealt with!  My boss is having a heck of a time with it too, he doesn’t know what to do!  So we’re all going to meet next week, me, the lawyer, the owner, and somehow the lawyer got someone from the IRS on the line as well, and we’re going to straighten all of this out!

I hope!

My lawyer tells me that I did everything right as best I could, it’s just that this is a very, very, very unusual situation, and the IRS doesn’t work well with unusual situations.

I guess being found on the side of the road has tax implications too!!!

I didn’t tell you the lawyer sent me chocolate!  I guess I’m keeping him busy.  Dave wasn’t too happy with that because, as he puts it, he’s giving the lawyer so much money he can afford to send me chocolates.  I understood.  But I still ate the chocolate!!!

I’d offer to give him some money if Sabby hadn’t made me promise not to!  I guess that’s why she made me promise!  Dave says business is okay, so it’s not a big deal, but it still doesn’t make him happy.  I don’t blame him!  Not at all!

The good news is I won’t owe any taxes!  I didn’t make enough!  So I’ll get a refund!  Not a huge one, but the bonus the owner gave me was taxable too, so…  a bit of one for sure!

So that was a big mess.

Other than that, though, a pretty good day!  After Dave got home from work, he sat the three of us down, along with him and Sabby, and had a family meeting.  He wanted to know how our schooling was going.  I guess our conversation last night got him to thinking.  David said it was boring, but he liked being able to concentrate.  Beth said she didn’t really feel challenged, that she thought being homeschooled meant she would be taught in a way more suited to her, and she didn’t think that was happening.  I said I thought it was okay, but I really would have liked more hands on lessons.  Beth nodded at that.  The consensus was that none of us really felt like we were using home schooling to its full potential.  We were learning, but just by reading out of a book and writing assignments and stuff.

Dave said he and Sabby would take it under advisement.  He asked us what we’d like to do.  David said he wanted to learn how to program and do useful stuff with the computer.  Beth said she wanted to do more actual projects.  I agreed with Beth and said it would be lots more fun if we could see how things worked in the real world.  I liked learning piano and Japanese, but math and science just weren’t interesting.

So after that meeting, we had dinner.  Liz and her parents came over, and we chatted a lot.  Afterwards we all retired to the living room and watched a movie.  Choosing a movie for Chinese people is difficult!  I think Sabby finally gave up and asked them to choose.  They chose “Mulan”.

Something which surprised Sabby, actually.

“Doesn’t Mulan stereotype Chinese?,” she said, puzzled.

They nodded.  “It does.  But the story’s good, and no one here really understands Chinese culture, so it’ll do.”

It was a good movie.

Liz’s parents went home after the movie, but Liz stayed.  SLUMBER PARTY!!!!!!!

I love Fridays!!!

Love you all!!!

Hi!  It’s me!  Lily!

The one and only!

There are other Lilies, but only one me!

My days are sooo full.  I guess that’s a good thing, but there’s always something to do.  I practice piano for at least an hour.  I study Japanese for at least an hour.  I do other schooling too…. math, science, etc.  But truthfully, math and science are boring.  I’m okay at them, but it’s just numbers and symbols and stuff, and you move them around.  But why?

So after Dave got home from a job site, I asked him that question.  I told him that I like math and science well enough, but I don’t understand why it’s so important for me to learn.  After all, I’m learning all this other cool stuff, right?

He thought for a moment, then he took me out to my car.

“Have I ever told you how this works?”

I frowned.  “No,” I said.  “You told me how to change the oil and tires, and basically said gas makes it go and oil keeps it going.”

He sighed.  Then he proceeded to launch into the most detailed and…. interesting.. explanation of what makes a car go that I’d ever heard.  He explained how there’s a shaft in there, and pistons, and they slam down on the shaft and make it turn, and how the gasoline is sprayed in very exact measures into the cylinders.  Then he explained that there’s a computer in there that controls everything – in fact, more than one computer, and they’re all connected together and talk to each other.  He showed me the battery, and the alternator, and even popped out the ignition coils to show me how they worked.

And then he pulled out something he called a scan tool, plugged it into something I didn’t even know existed underneath the dashboard, and showed me all of the data that the car is sending all the time.

After all that, he turned to me, and said simply, “That’s why science is important.”

“But why do I have to read all these books and study all that math?”

“When you’re learning Japanese, did you just walk up to a Japanese person and start speaking in Japanese?”

“No…  there’s a whole bunch of things to learn first.  Like hiragana… and katakana…  and grammar…   science is like that?”

He nodded.  “First you have to learn the language, then you understand how things work.  And you can use it to build and fix things.”

“Can I make something?”

“What do you want to make?”

Hmm.  “Let me think about that.”

“Well, I’ll help you, but we’re not building a car.”

I laughed.  “Why not?”

He got a thoughtful look on his face.  “Do you really want to learn how to do that?”

I shrugged.  “I don’t know.  But it’d be more interesting than boring math books, right?”

He sighed.  “Let me think for a while.  I agree that we could make your schooling a little more interesting.  We’ve been trying to keep up the model of public school, and…  maybe that’s not the best way.  Let me think.”

I shrugged.  It’s all I could ask.

We went back into the house, and Sabby was in the kitchen.

“Sabby!,” I said.  “I had an idea!”

“What’s that?,” she asked.  She was sauteeing or frying something.  It smelled amazing.

“Maybe you should start selling your cookies!”

She paused and looked at me.  “Sell my cookies?”

“Sure!  You make so many of them already!  And people like them!  Why not spruce them up a bit and sell them online!”

She looked thoughtful.  “I don’t know…”

“I bet you’d make a lot of money!”

“I don’t need money,” she said.  “But I do like making cookies…”

I gave her a hug.  “Just think about it,” I said.

She nodded.  “I will.  Now scoot, I’m making dinner.”

I scooted.

I guess today wasn’t all that eventful.  But maybe it planted the seeds for eventful stuff in the future.  Hey, at least it’s not drama.

Time for bed!

Love you all!!!

Hi!  It’s me! Lily!

That’s right, I’m a Lily!

I’m also a Yuriko, but we don’t talk about that.

Today was boringly boring.  I woke up, went for a run, did school…  After school, Dave decided he was going to teach me how to use tools.  So we went out into his man-cave (also known as the garage) and he showed me in detail what all the little bits and bobs in the toolset he gave me were.  There were screwdrivers, and sockets, and allen wrenches, and ratchets, and… and…  soooo much!  And then he showed me how to use power tools!  They’re scary!  I put on safety goggles and drilled the snot out of a random piece of wood!

Scary but fun!

He told me they’re not toys and always to be treated with respect.  I believe him!  They’re loud and spinny and would hurt!

I wonder if I could build something.  I’ve never built anything.  It might be fun!

After that it was just a typical night.  You know, dinner, talking, watching Cat wash its butt… the usual.  i wish I had interesting stuff to talk about tonight but I don’t!  It’s just a boringly boring day!!!

I mentioned this summer I’m going to Japan!  I need to get a passport and all that fun stuff!  I need to ask Sabby to help me get everything in order.  I also want to go to Ohio!  I want to see where Jack lives!  And I want to see Jack!  I miss him!!  A lot!!!  I don’t just miss his hugs and kisses, but I miss his cuddles.  Aww.  But we knew what we were getting into, right?

Oh!  I sent him a present!  But he reads this so I’m not telling what!!!

Anyway, I guess after last year, I should be thankful for a boringly boring day.  Off to brush Beth’s hair and go to bed!!!

Love you all!!!

Hi!  It’s me!  Lily!

Accept no substitutes!  But there are no substitutes for me!  I’m a Made in the USA, genuine, high quality silly-billy Lily!  That’s me!  You can try to find a substitute for me, but you won’t!  Because I’m Lily!

Last night was fun!  It was so fun I forgot to write!  Beth and I got into a board game!  By the time we were done, it was too late, and we had to go to bed!  So no post last night.  But lucky you, you get a post tonight!

I hear that Allison really likes the books I sent her!  I’m glad!  She thanked me for them while I was here, and her mother says she’s been reading some more than once!  I picked well!  It’s hard, too…  I was lucky that David had some English manga books, because finding Japanese manga (even if translated) safe for an eight year old is no easy task!

But there’s not a lot going on, honestly.  Things are humming along.  Sabby’s been making cookies but keeping them down to a batch or two at a time, and that’s good, because we’re threatening to found a Cookies Anonymous, with her as the first member.  “Hi, I’m Sabby, and I like to make cookies.”  “Hi Sabby!”  Haha!  But cookies are tasty.  And she makes very good cookies.  So we’re only getting on her about the volume, not the quality.

So since it’s so quiet, what should I talk about?  I’ve been looking at Japan – not Japanese, but Japan.  Apparently my grandparents on my mother’s side live in Saitama.  That’s near Tokyo.  There’s lots of stuff in Saitama.  There’s…  trains.  Lots of trains.  And people.  And a large sports arena.  And…  that’s where Lucky Star was!  I like “Motteke!  Sailor Fuku!”  But it’s really hard to sing!  Maybe someday I’ll put on a cheerleader outfit and sing it!  I’m sure Jack would love that!

Aimai san senchi sorya punitte kotokai! CHO!

Tokyo is a big city!  Where I live is big.  A million people and new towers keep getting built every year!  But Tokyo is just building after building after building!  It’s amazing!  Buildings and trains and people and…  and otaku!  Sooooo much otaku stuff!  Idol groups!  Cute stuffed animals!  Maid cafes!  Seriously, what’s with the maid costumes anyhow???

Sabby still won’t let me have one!  Sorry Jack!

When I go to Japan I want to eat the food!  See the sights!  Speak Japanese with people!  Ride the trains!  Eat the food!  Did I mention eat the food?  Oh, and play games too!  They have lots of arcades, and purikura, and soooo much fun stuff there!  And I’m hafu!  That means I’m a gaijin that looks a little like them!  Emiko says we’ll go this summer, assuming the virus has gotten better.  I hope it has!  I want to eat Japanese food!  And Japanese chocolate!!!

Well, looks like I found stuff to talk about!  But now it’s time to go to bed!  I need my beauty sleep!  That’s how I keep my trim and athletic figure.  Well, that, and running, and not eating too many cookies!  But cookies!!! YUMM!!!!

Love you all!!

Hi!  It’s me!  Lily!

A little sad.

No, there’s no drama right now.  So far things are just humming along.  But last night as we were about to go to bed, Crystal seemed a bit sad.  I took her down to the living room and asked her what was going on.

She put her knees up to her chin.  “I was just… remembering.”

“Remembering what?”

“What it was like to…  be as innocent as Allison.”

Awwwww.  Poor Crystal.  I patted my lap and she crawled in.  I played with her hair a little.

“What do you think it means to be innocent?,” I asked softly.

She sniffled.  “I don’t know.  To… not know?  Things I shouldn’t know.  But I know.”

I thought.  “I don’t think that’s what it means to be innocent,” I said after a little while.  Crystal seemed to be relaxing, but she was sniffling a little.

“Then what does it mean?”

“I think innocence is a state of mind.  Did you… want those things?”

“No!,” she said, scandalized.

“Of course you didn’t,” I soothed.  “So why would you lose your innocence if someone forced them on you?”

“Because…  because…” she sighed.  “I don’t know.”

“The person who did that is the one without innocence,” I said.  “Not you.  You’re an innocent fourteen year old girl someone committed a crime against.  Victims of crime are by definition innocent.  Don’t you think?”

She sniffled.  “It hurts,” she said, and started to cry.

I just rubbed her back.  “It’ll get better,” I said.

“That’s what my therapist says too,” she said, wiping her eyes.  Her eyes were drooping.

“Don’t let him take your innocence from you, too,” I said softly.

She nodded.  We went upstairs and went to sleep.  She seemed a bit more at peace, and all of us made a nice, warm girl-pile.  I love girl-piles.  As small as she is, Allison took up the most space, and ended up sprawled out on all of us.

When I got back from work, Crystal was getting ready to be picked up by her parents, so she gave me a hug.  “Thanks, Lily,” she said quietly.  “I hadn’t thought of it that way.”

“I’m always your older sister,” I said, and hugged her back.  She gave Beth and Allison a hug too, and her parents showed up right then to pick her up.

I asked Allison if she had a good time.  She said she did, but she’s looking forward to seeing her mama again.  Understandable.  Sabby made her a grilled cheese sandwich and some juice, and soon her mother was there too to pick her up.  I hugged her, and she was off too.

After dinner, I told Sabby about Crystal last night.  She sighed.  “You’re a good sister, Lily.  But I worry a little about her.”

“At least she’s getting help now,” I said, frowning.

“She is… but sometimes I hate living in a world where a girl her age has to worry about losing her innocence because of someone else’s crime.”

I sighed.  “Any cookies left?”

What luck, there were a couple.  Chocolate chip, too.  My favorite.

It was fun having Liz and Allison and Crystal around.  We all had fun doing girl stuff together, and hopefully we were good examples for Allison.  I’m glad I have so many sisters.

Love you all!!!

Hi!  It’s me!  Lily!

Oh My God it’s a madhouse in here!!!

So today, of course, I worked.  Sabby took everyone to the mall while I was working, but I didn’t mind.  I got home and they did shortly after, and of course Allison got a Cinnabon and was bouncing off the walls.  She’s a bit gluten intolerant but she makes it work for a Cinnabon!!  Her mother’s okay with it and she says it’s worth a bit of a tummyache!   Finally Dave told everyone to go outside and chase each other around out there, and that’s pretty much what happened.  Allison, Crystal, and Beth were running around squealing and chasing each other with squirt guns (where did they even find a squirt gun?), while Liz and I stayed inside and chatted.

Sabby asked how Liz’s’ family liked the cookies.  She said they liked them fine, but there were still a bunch in the freezer.  Sabby looked a little embarrassed.  I think she’s starting to realize just how much she overdid it.  I gave her a hug and told her we know it’s how she tells us she loves us, just…  a tiny bit less love next time.  Either that or she needs to make us a Scrooge McDuck like swimming pool so we can swim in the cookies.  I couldn’t tell if she was offended or amused.  I decided a combination of the two.  Liz just giggled.

I enjoyed seeing Liz, Allison, and Beth acting like little girls, chasing each other around, squealing, having a good time.   Crystal was forced to grow up so quickly, and Beth doesn’t seem to know when to be a young woman and when to be a little girl, so it’s nice to see them just let their inner children out.  Allison’s good for them that way.  She’s a sweet kid.  It’s a bit cold out, though, so how they’re managing to deal with all that water.. well, girls gonna girl, I guess.

Dave got out the grill again and grilled dinner.  OMG that’s sooo good!  Sabby and I drove to the store and got the meat and fixins, and while Dave was doing his thing, we did ours.  We had grilled steak, and potato salad, and macaroni salad, and baked beans…  and root beer!  I love root beer!  Liz preferred juice, but everyone chowed down!  We had to cut the steak for Allison, but she filled her belly just like the rest of us.

Afterwards, we played board games until Liz had to go home, and we’re going to brush each others’ hair and tell stories until it’s bedtime!!!

I love a nice, drama free weekend.  Oh no.  I said it.  I hope this doesn’t turn out like the last time I said I liked no drama…

Love you all!!!

Hi!  It’s me!  Lily!

asgkajgkjasdkfgjakgj

Stop that, Allison!!!!

Anyway, as you can see, Allison is here.  Crystal is here.  Beth is here.  So is Liz.  They’re all telling me what to write!  Allison says Jack has cooties, and Liz isn’t sure whether to agree, he’s her cousin!!  Crystal says David has cooties!  Beth says everyone has cooties!  I say cooties have cooties!  No, that doesn’t make sense!  It doesn’t have to!  ASdasdadfadfadfa ALLISON!!!

Oh, that did it.  I told them Sabby just made cookies.  Helps that she did.  They’re still warm and gooey.  Allison LOVES cookies!  She doesn’t get them much at home, she gets healthy food.  But she comes here, she gets a cookie.  Maybe I’ll get a little peace…

Anyway, driver’s ed is over!  Yaaay!!!  I passed!  They gave me a test!  I had to do parallel parking, and regular parking, and drive in traffic, and reverse, and do an obstacle course… and I passed!  It doesn’t mean much until July, because I have to keep this learner’s permit for six months, but hey, it’s something.  After I got home, Allison was here!  she gave me a big hug!  She had a drawing for me too!  I put it on the fridge!  I haven’t seen her in a long time!  She’s growing like a weed!

Crystal was happy to see me too!  She gave me a big hug, and then Allison started chasing Crystal around the house, and Crystal started to squeal!  Then Crystal started chasing Allison!  Then Beth chased them both!  I just kind of stood there and wondered what the heck got into them.  Liz just sighed.  She’s not really one for chasing people around.

Then I saw the bowl of candy on the kitchen table.

Oh.  Those girls and sugar.  Sigh.

There was distant squealing as apparently Allison got the bejeezus tickled out of her on the couch.

I showed Sabby my graduation papers and she gave me a big hug and told me she was proud of me.

I love Sabby.  Liz was happy for me too, she’s going to be learning soon as well.  I guess her school will offer the classes soon.

Anyway, we ate dinner (Sabby made Allison’s favorite, grilled cheese sandwiches, french fries, and juice) and then we watched a movie.  I think we watched “Frozen”, which I would guess was Allison’s five thousandth time watching it.  She was singing along.  Actually… so was Beth and Crystal too.  Let it goooooo…. let it goooooo….  Liz hadn’t seen it before!  Beth made popcorn and we were all munching and sipping soda.

Beth isn’t a great cook but she makes mean popcorn.

After that we all went upstairs, and here we are.  We’re going to play girl games!  I don’t know what kind of games we can play with Allison, but we’ll think of something.  G-rated truth or dare?  Hair braiding and makeup?  Oh!  Telling stories! We’ll make stories up!  I bet that will be fun!

Anyway, they ate their cookies and that sugar will probably kick in soon, so I’d better asdfasgkagasjfgagaALLISON!!!!!

Love you all!!!

Hi!  It’s me!  Lily!

Today was boringly boring!  And COLD!!!  Soooo cold!  It was so cold Sabby made soup for lunch!  Sooo good!  Jack was laughing at me.  It’s only freezing here!  That’s a nice spring day in Ohio!  But it’s cold!!!  They were forecasting some light freezing rain, but as long as it’s not like snowpocalypse last year, I’ll take it!!!

Because of the threat of freezing rain, my driving classes were cancelled today.  That’s okay!  They said I can still graduate tomorrow!  I still have to keep my learner’s permit for six months, and then I can get a provisional license!  Yay!  I have to get a few more hours of experience driving anyway, and ten hours of that need to be at night.

I haven’t driven too much at night yet.

I told Jack that.  He said with headlights like mine, I should be fine.  I didn’t know whether to kiss him or smack him.  But since he’s in Ohio, I can’t do either!  I guess boys gonna boy.  Any other boy would just get smacked, but I love him, so…  he at least gets a bit of conflict.  Before I smack him.  Hahaha!!!

Sooo…  anything interesting to talk about tonight?  I guess some political stuff went on last night again.  Sigh.  I hate politics.  All people ever seem to do is argue about stuff they can’t directly control anyway.  Sabby and Dave were arguing a bit again, they don’t seem to think the same about things.  But they agree on a lot too.  I don’t really follow it though.  Bunch of old guys and women  arguing about stuff.  I’m sixteen!  I just need to worry about school and stuff!

Oh!  I haven’t told you about the piano!  And Japanese!  All the stuff going on and I forgot all about writing about it!  I’ve still been learning Japanese!  It’s a hard language so I haven’t been making a huge amount of progress, but I made some!  I know how to say some stuff!  私は猫です！猫が可愛いです！私の名前はリリーです！よろしくおねがいします！See?  Japanese!  My Japanese teacher is happy with my progress, though I wish I could learn faster!  And I only know a few kanji!  Booo!

And piano!  I’ve been practicing an hour a day!  I’m pretty good!  But I don’t know any of the names for the stuff I know!  So I’m having to learn all of the names and theory and stuff!  It’s not as hard as Japanese!  And I’ve got a couple of pieces to study!  My skills only go so far!  So I’m learning a Chopin piece!  It’s pretty and really hard!  They got me a really nice elecronic piano!  And you know what?  Beth wants to learn too!!!  Unlike Beth, I’m not jealous, so she can feel free, when I’m not using it!  I don’t know how serious she is but she’s actually practicing a little!

I suggested maybe Beth should learn trumpet because it’d make her a good kisser!  She blushed and told me what I could kiss, and it wasn’t a mouth!  Hahahha!!!  I told her Some things are for kissing and some are for swatting, and if she didn’t want a swatting, she’d refrain from making further suggestions like that.  She was about to retort when Sabby told us both to cut it out.

Fair.

Tomorrow evening Allison comes over for the weekend!  YAAAAAAAY!!!  SLUMBER PARTY!!!!!  I’ve invited Liz and Crystal too, and we’re going to have soooo much fun, though we’ll have to be sure to play age appropriate games for Allison!  I bet she’ll love Crystal!

Love you all!!!

Hi!  It’s me!  Lily!

It was a nice, quiet day.  I like nice, quiet days.  Nothing happened.  Well, obviously something happened.  I got up this morning and ran – Liz ran with me this morning.  I had breakfast.  I did school.  I came home.  I did driving.  I chatted with Jack.  I’m here, writing to you all!

You know what?  I love you!  Yes, you!  You’re reading what I’m writing!  You care enough to follow me and learn all about me!  You know about Dave, and Sabby, and Beth, and David, and Cat, and Crystal, and Liz, and Jack, and Grace, and Allison, and Emiko and Aika and Mika and… and…  all of us!  I know some of you even read this!  Jack reads this!  Allison reads this!  Allison’s mother better be reading this so she knows if Allison should read it!!!  You love me, so I love you too!!!

And if you don’t love me, what’s wrong with you?  What’s not to love?  I’m cute, and sensitive, and smart, and beautiful, and I look amazing in that little black dress, and…  modest too!  I’m soooo modest!  Can you tell???  Or I’m a silly billy.  I’m a modest silly billy!  A willy nilly silly billy!!!  hahah!

Been a long time since I said that, right?

I’m just in a good mood.  I don’t know why!  My belly’s full, I chatted with Jack and he told me how much he loves me, and I ate a chocolate cookie, and… .and… life is great!  I love life!  Even when it’s hard and complicated and makes me cry.

Allison comes over this weekend!!! And so does Crystal!  I have to work but Beth likes Allison too!  She’ll have a good time!  Beth’s really smart and can teach Allison the secrets of the universe!  Or at least the secrets of shiny hair!!!

Love you all!!!

Hi!  It’s me!  Lily!

So today was boringly boring.  Did I mention I like boringly boring?  It’s kinda weird how driving becomes boring so fast.  I mean, it’s fun and everything, but we went out again for another lesson (I graduate on Friday), and did more obstacle course and parking and other kinds of practice.  I backed up and went forward, and they even had a manual transmission for me to learn to drive!  Dave tells me that’s a good school, no one ever teaches how to drive a clutch, but they taught me!  There’s a third pedal, and a trick to it!

After I got home, we had dinner, and it was a boringly boring dinner.  I mean it was delicious – Sabby always makes delicious food – but it’s just a dinner.  We talked and ate and… that’s my family.  Dave, the clumsy, gentle, sometimes moody silly-billy who likes to hang out in his man-cave and tinker with stuff, or do yard work, or grill.  Sabby, the spitfire who has a temper as big as her heart.  Beth, my jealous little sister who has so much love to give.  And David, the computer game obsessed kid who’ll probably get far in life, if he can manage to not get arrested first.  He’ll probably end up making more money than all the rest of us!

Emiko is a nice lady who taught me how to wear kimono and is teaching me some stuff about Japan and Japanese, and Aika and Mika seem like nice kids, but they’re not my family.  At least they’re not this family. They’re not the ones who hug me when I cry and stuff me full of cookies and brush my hair and play board games and watch movies every Friday night.  Maybe Emiko can be my family too, but they accepted me where she rejected me.  That counts for everything, I think.  She’s trying, and I’ll give her a chance, and I’ll go to Houston sometimes and maybe we’ll even find little traditions that we do together as well, but I’m not sure it’ll ever be the same.

And that’s alright.  I’m just glad to know who she is.

Allison’s mother tells me that she wants to bring me a drawing when she comes over next weekend, but she can’t decide what to draw!  I told her that she can draw whatever and I’ll love it!  Grace drew me a picture of basically a stick figure and a smiling sun, and it was perfect!  She’s still little, so she doesn’t realize that it’s her I like!  I’ll put it on the fridge and maybe even post it here if she wants!

Jack is doing well with his driving lessons as well.  I miss him.  I hope we can meet sometime soon and we’ll talk quietly and cuddle and I’ll thank him properly for the chocolate.  OMG was that good chocolate.  We still talk every night.  Things are going better with his parents, but they’re still trying to figure it out.  At least they’re sticking up for him at school now.  It’s sad that the principal is fighting them!  They always seem to protect the bullies!

I’m tired and Beth’s hair needs brushing.

Love you all!!!