To fill you in on a few things over the past few weeks. Kane had a great week last week after his teacher suggested we let him bring JoJo to coherce him into making better choices, so apparently his love of JoJo makes him more managable. Apparently his love of JoJo(his pet stuffed bear) gives him a gentle push in the direction of the choice that doesn't find him sitting in time out in school. I guess he could care less if he is in timeout, but the same is not true if JoJo is threatened with time out.
Shannon botched a suprise puppy and so we ended up bringing the newest member of the family home early, an 8 week old German Shepard/Siberian Husky mix we have named Sascha which means "defender of mankind". I can say that so far the name fits the personality as she is larger then life like most puppies. As I speak she's dragging Shannon's planner away and attacking the pen in her hand, after Shannon removed the planner from in front of her to the couch Sascha went back to the pen. It too is now on the couch and Sascha's mouth has been relocated in a toy knot for now. The other dogs tolerate her but barely, no blood or continious yelping but lots of growls and general dog speak for "stop bothering me". By the time I finished this Sascha had given up on the toy knot and gone to Shannon's left foot.
I've learned that though my mind works in melting pot of metaphors, analogies, idioms and imagery the rest of the world speaks English and the meaning of my analogies isn't always so clear to them. It's hard to explain but here recently I was asked to describe how I felt about something and I responded "it's hard to say, the feeling is like a whisper in a large room". To me it was obvious the feeling seemed so far away it was hard for me to recongize what it was like a whisper in a large room. What I learned is that the person I was talking to didn't come to the same meaning. I guess that's why poetry and song lyrics are open for interpretation. Sometimes it is best to just be direct and simple in what you say.
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