More of what's up...

Oops! It's been a week since I posted last. Sorry, y'all. I'll try to do better!

It's been a busy one, so I'll just hit the high points.

• The kids and I talked to Ronnie, my ex-husband's oldest son, and his wife, Dani, the other day. It's been quite a while since we've talked to him. We all just get busy, you know? They just had a baby girl, Iris. She's about a month old now, and Devon is 4. Gosh, the last time we saw them was in 2007, and she had just found out she was pregnant with him. We were the first to know (well...after them, of course!)
  It was great to talk to them, but what cracked me up was when Ronnie put Devon on the phone and said, "Here, talk to Mamaw!" Devon said, "That's not Mamaw!" Ronnie said, "Yes it is. It's Mamaw Lisa!" Y'all....that one caught me off guard!  Mamaw Lisa. I'm still trying it out, but I kinda like it!

• Catie went to church with a friend the other day. A community church. I won't name it, but she came home afterward talking about witnessing an exorcism. I was completely out of my league with this. I've read about it, and what she described is consistent with what I've read. She was kind of freaked out. I was kind of freaked out. I really didn't know what to say...still don't. But I thought I'd share that anyway.

• Don't say anything to embarrass him, please. I'm sharing this for me...not to call attention to him, okay? But Christopher has found a girl to "talk to." My gut instinct was to go "No....you're too young!" or to tell myself, "well....yeah, but all it's going to be is phone calls and Facebook chats. It's not like they're going to date." Except, well...yeah, they could be. He is old enough. I'm not ready for this!!!

• On a related note, Catie and I were talking about dating and boyfriends. Christopher and I have teased her about her "boyfriend of the week" until she's now reluctant to tell me about it anymore. I promised I wouldn't tease her anymore, and I told her that at her age, I much prefer she have a different boyfriend every week. Then I asked her what having a boyfriend meant to her. She said talking on the phone, that I said he could come over as long as I'm home and they stay in the yard, that they hang out and talk at school and they give each other hugs. I asked her if she promised she would tell me if it was more than that. She said "What more would there be?" Thank you, God! I mumbled something about not knowing, but I just wanted her to feel like she could tell me anything. Whew. I don't know what I'm going to do when she turns 16!

• As for the job thing, I have one possible freelance opportunity, and I really need to get on the ball checking on others. I'm working with the career center and the counseling center at ASU to try to figure out what other occupations can use the skills I have. Frankly, newspapers are so unstable right now that, as much as I love it, I don't want to be in that business anymore. I've got my resume submitted to several job banks and I'm searching for other types of jobs I may want to apply for, but it's hard to know where to look. I'm starting to think it would be easier to find a sugar daddy! (I don't know where to look for one of those, either!) (And I'm completely kidding!)

• Have I mentioned my sister is coming home today? Holy cow...my social schedule has filled up for the next week, because we are going to be doing all the things they have missed in their three years in Germany. There's gonna be steak dinners, swimming, baseball games. I'm not sure where we're fitting in karaoke yet, but it's soon, I'm sure. I can't wait...and y'all have to come hear her sing. She is da bomb!!!