Not a whole lot going on in my world. I am working from home, writing, walking Lola, the usual. Here's the news.
I am anxious for Fall. It's my favorite season, for one thing. For another, I'm tired of the heat and humidity. I feel like saying OK I MADE IT THROUGH SUMMER NOW I WANT MY REWARD!
I have checked around to several different stores and the Georgia Backroads magazine with my story in it isn't on store shelves yet. Very frustrating. Hopefully next week it will be available at CVS and/or Kroger.
I checked on the computer Thursday night, and Michael is finally free to get registered for college classes. Yay! He had to work yesterday so we couldn't get it done but hopefully Tuesday he can go over to campus and get that done. He can take half-term classes that start in October. Probably will only take a couple of classes, as they cram in a full semester's work into a half a semester and I don't want him to feel overwhelmed.
I feel keenly sorry for Rosie O'Donnell's situation with her daughter Chelsea. The daughter has now turned 18 and gone to live with her birthmom. I feel so sorry for Rosie. The birthmom reunion is unlikely to go well, based on what I hear from other adoptive parents about such reunions. The daughter has mental health issues, and is trying to figure out her identity. A lot of adopted kids go off the rails around the age of 17 or 18, just like my daughter. With any luck, once the girl matures she will realize how fortunate she was to be raised in a loving home.
Michael and I watched the movie Black or White the other night. It stars Kevin Costner as a grandfather raising his bi-racial grandchild and getting into a custody fight with her black grandmother. The critics hated this movie when it came out. I read some of those reviews. Costner usually makes watchable films, though, and this one was no exception. It was a really interesting and thought-provoking story. I would recommend it for kids 12 and older, as a good starting point for discussions about race, identity, substance abuse, and fairness.
Georgia plays its first football game today, in Athens, so I may watch some of that. I've gotten fond of watching college football, in my old age. I have no idea what's going on but I cheer loudly when the Bulldogs score. Mother watches in her room, hollering louder than I do.
This weekend is Dragon Con, "the world's largest sci-fi convention" and the traffic in midtown will be awful. So glad I live outside of that area. I have a cousin who is a photographer and a sci-fi fan and he has gone to it every year it has been in existence. He took the photo below in 2009. I have no idea who those people are supposed to be. The woman looks like she has a lot of hostility, based on all the outward-facing bullets in her costume...
photo by Mark Embry
