I Am Still Here--And Very Busy--Mr. Mom!!!

School is about to start--without me!!!! What a strange feeling!! I will be home much of the day--unless I find a new job somewhere. I am not going back into public education--finished with that. So what am I doing with myself?! Well--still doing IBI and PSR with kids--all adolescents right now. Last night we went to Back-to-School Night at Gabriel's new school. We met with his Sp. Ed. teacher, his kindergarten teacher, and the principal. I also found myself being impressed into PTO service by a mother I know (not Claudia, BTW). And guess what--Monday morning at 9 a.m. I will be Mr. Mom and attend the kindergarten orientation!!!

Also, I am trying to get a clear schedule set up for my PSR clients and IBI client. This is proving more difficult than ever before--I am not certain why. One of the problems is that I have a client who lives in a town about 1/2 hour away. We thought I would not be having any commuting like that anymore--how wrong we were!!!

The relationship between a client and a counselor are confidential and need to be very close--almost like being friends. In fact, I believe all three of my clients regard me as a kind of "cookie person". This is so even if I confront them with their challenges and insist they solve their problems themselves. This is so even when I appear to "side" with their parents.

I can only love my job!!

And all of this is keeping me incredibly more busy than I could ever imagine.

Retirement?! What's that?! I don't think I have found out what that is yet?! It must be happening in some location very remote from where I am.