Leaving Legacy

Lovar 2000

This month started out fairly busy. I did a few renovations of CupaJava and I am very pleased with our new location, bewteen the Veronika Kent Medical Centre and the Apple Valley Academy. So student and patients walk by all the time and stop by for a cup of coffee or delicious cake from my baker Jolie Dawson. Eventually I will have S'Ahmisa start helping with the business since she has expressed interest in maintaining it. She has her eye on Pierce University and studying economics. I think it's never to early to map out your life, but my wife constantly reminds her that she's 12 and in the 6th grade and that she has plenty of time to think about her future.

However, we must both admit that she's growing up. Verde Herendez came over and took her to Apple Valley Metro to the new sports park. I wouldn't call it a date per se, but I suppose it was. I never seen that boy so dressed up before. He slicked back his hair and he even seemed nervous. I guess that is one good thing about losing that bidding war for the house at Greymount Pointe is that the preteens are not exactly neighbors now.

While I worry about the activities of my oldest, my youngest has her head stuck in the books. Not her school books mind you, unless it's science, but her favorite magazine "Nature Geeks". Si'Enya has started keeping a box of her collectables. Insects mounted to the cardboard, labeled specimens of leaves, detailed notes of bird encounters. Her love for all things nature has even effected school life. She's been having negative encounters with a group of students over ant hills during recess.

In other news, I sold our vacation home and am currently bidding on another larger cabin. I plan on taking the family back to the mountains soon so we can relax.

PreTeen Life

Lovar 2000

It's the month of love and what a month it's been. I went on my first offical date!-sort of.

Verde asked me to go to the new sports park with him. I was so excited, it is in Apple Valley Metro which meant we would take the ferry and go all by ourselves. My father of course had Verde stop by before we left and he gave him the whole "my little princess" talk. I could tell Verde was nervous, he slicked back his hair and dressed in a sweater vest and everything in an effort to appear preppy and older.

After a game of basketball we relaxed in the grass and stared at the clouds as they changed shapes. Mostly we say basketballs and the occasional football, but I did see a hockey stick. It's funny, with Verde and I, everything is sports, sports and more sports. If we're not debating the Llamas vs the Bunnies, then we're comparing stats on our fantasy leagues or scouring the internet for international sports stars.

After the long ferry home, it was dark and Verde walked me to my door, naturally. Mom and dad were still up and pretending not to peek out the curtains. Verde kissed me good night. A real kiss! It seems so strange, but natural. We were always the best of friends, eversince we were kids and now...actually, I don't know if we're going steady or not. Mom says that I'm too young to go steady, only in the 6th grade, and that there will be other boys that catch my eye. I don't know, none of them know me as well as Verde does.

Ok, so when I'm not babbling about my first date, I'm studying for exams. They're much more difficult now that I'm in junior high and sometimes I stay up late at night studying. I want to excel, not just in sports and soccer, but also academics. I can't run a successful business empire with my looks or my name alone. I have to know exactly how economics works.