School Daze
Yesterday was the second day of school for Cici, and she came home loaded with homework. It was my first of four consecutive all day sessions in a commercial arbitration course that leads to a certification. I therefore went straight to my classes at law school after dropping Cici off at 7:00 a.m. at her school. Cici rode home from school with her Vietnamese friend and classmate who rides to school with us each morning. I went to my office after school ended at 5:30 so I could take care of pressing matters, so Cici was on her own with homework until I arrived at home.
When I walked in the door last night, I heard Cici calling for Papa from her bedroom the minute I walked in the door. She was sitting in the middle of her bed, surrounded by books, and hit me with geometry questions and English questions, and they were not easy questions. I finally asked her to give me a few minutes to change clothes and clear my head. I didn't tell her that I also had a lot of homework to do for my classes. We worked on Cici's homework until we finished it around bedtime. It is clear that chemistry, which is also a course I never took, will replace biology as the bear that we will have to wrestle with all year.
I went to bed without doing my homework and got up at 4:45 to make coffee and wake Cici at 5:15. We had to leave early so that she would be at the school before 6:30 to unload things for her sophomore retreat (Thursday through Saturday). I stopped at Starbucks after dropping Cici and her classmate at school, and took the coffee and my homework to law school. I was able to complete my homework only by rushing through it before class started, but I made it through the day.
Back home this evening, with the house empty and time to think, I believe this is the first time that one or both of my girls have not been with me since early May of last year. They have been my constant companions. Their voices and their laughter have filled our home with happiness. I am not sure I know what I am supposed to do without either of them here with me.
In case you lost track, or weren't counting the days, we are down to eight days before Ping will be back in Houston. But first, we have two days before Cici will be back home. I will finish my school days the same day that Cici returns, but when Ping arrives back in Houston, she will begin attending classes. I sure hope she has no homework.
When I walked in the door last night, I heard Cici calling for Papa from her bedroom the minute I walked in the door. She was sitting in the middle of her bed, surrounded by books, and hit me with geometry questions and English questions, and they were not easy questions. I finally asked her to give me a few minutes to change clothes and clear my head. I didn't tell her that I also had a lot of homework to do for my classes. We worked on Cici's homework until we finished it around bedtime. It is clear that chemistry, which is also a course I never took, will replace biology as the bear that we will have to wrestle with all year.
I went to bed without doing my homework and got up at 4:45 to make coffee and wake Cici at 5:15. We had to leave early so that she would be at the school before 6:30 to unload things for her sophomore retreat (Thursday through Saturday). I stopped at Starbucks after dropping Cici and her classmate at school, and took the coffee and my homework to law school. I was able to complete my homework only by rushing through it before class started, but I made it through the day.
Back home this evening, with the house empty and time to think, I believe this is the first time that one or both of my girls have not been with me since early May of last year. They have been my constant companions. Their voices and their laughter have filled our home with happiness. I am not sure I know what I am supposed to do without either of them here with me.
In case you lost track, or weren't counting the days, we are down to eight days before Ping will be back in Houston. But first, we have two days before Cici will be back home. I will finish my school days the same day that Cici returns, but when Ping arrives back in Houston, she will begin attending classes. I sure hope she has no homework.
When is she gonna take a real science class? I never took chemistry either - never really cared for it.
It's a good thing you have all that homework to keep you busy while the ladies are away!
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Yes, I remember taking a course in college called Earth Science. I thought it was fascinating. But, I guess it won't hurt me to learn the Periodic Table in chemistry. I have known about it for years but never studied it. Come to think of it, I never studied world history either, so this should be an interesting school year.
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Geology is a class I really should have taken. Many, many good looking women in geology classes. I had a college history class that was changed because of the changes for University of California acceptance, and it sorta changed into a world history class. However, I took it because of the teacher teaching it, not the specific class.
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Now Smitty, what were you thinkin'.
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I think I was thinking about my girlfriend half way across the globe.... Fortunately though, being in the physical sciences, we were in the same building as the geology students.
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