Little waves

This is my sweetheart on our honeymoon. We went on a cruise ..... and had a great time. What a cutie.

Today I spent over 2 hours signing Son #2 up for summer school. It was a bit draining. I had to wait in a long line, only to be given a ticket and told to head to the gym, where there were already over 200 people ahead of me. And it was freezing. Not just cold, but freezing. Everyone complained about it. Someone on the school board needs to look into how much money we're paying for energy bills. I think we could save a lot of money just in the gym at AHS!
Anyway, I finally had my number called, went into another gym and waited in another line. When I finally made it to the table the woman looked at my paperwork and then said she had no idea what the counselor had intended when she filled it out and she was going to turn me away to go back to his counselor and come back tomorrow. I asked her if she was telling me that I had been waiting for 2 hours for her to just send me home? She said sorry. Then she had someone look up Son #2's information on their system. After they brought it up she laughed and pointed at the screen and asked the other woman, "Did you see that?" I was wondering what she found so funny. Then she said, "That's impossible. We can't process this. They need to correct this. You can't exempt a final when you're failing a class!". And then I understood. I asked, "Are you talking about the finals for the first semester?" She said yes. I said, "He didn't exempt them. His father died and he didn't have to take them." And then she understood. The light dawned and she knew who I was. And then I started to cry. I tried so hard not to. I mean, there were hundreds of people in that room. But it was another wave. I didn't want to be there. I was upset that it seemed I had wasted my whole morning, freezing, all to no avail. And then I had to explain what happened when Jim died. I couldn't help it. And then she felt horrible. She took my hand and said, "I'm sorry. I'm so very sorry." I told her it was OK. I just wanted to get out of there. But after that everything moved pretty quickly. It only took another 30 minutes or so. It helps when they recognize the name.
Little waves.
And V cannot come for a visit. It seems that huge storms hit Oklahoma last night and she couldn't get a flight out today. Or tomorrow. So we will wait until July when she can come and stay longer. I'm looking forward to that. I'm sorry that she can't come this week, but I'm OK with putting it off if that means more time with her later.
I went to a movie this afternoon and made two new friends. I can always use more friends.
I joined another tennis team yesterday. My old team kind of fell apart so I decided to join this team. The women on it seem to be a lot of fun and they also seem to really enjoy each other. I need that, too. More friendships. If I didn't join this team then I would've sat out for a season and I was really afraid that I would stop playing tennis as much if I did that. It's too easy to stop doing things and I have to watch out for that.
So tomorrow I play in a match and then I'm going with the decorator and Daughter #1 to pick out a floor tile for the kitchen, which should be torn apart in a few days.
I'm also trying to really ignore the fact that this Sunday is Father's Day. I'd like to take the kids somewhere and avoid the whole day. It may be a lake weekend.
More waves.
Next week is the writer's conference in NC. I haven't really put much thought into it, but I'm looking forward to it. More time with friends and hopefully meeting more new friends.
Friends help me stand up after the waves hit.
I think we need as many as we can get.
Thank God for friends.