Happy December

 and Happy Sabbath.

I am back on my personal laptop that I have not touched in probably 2 if not 3 months.  It's running ok and I am thankful for that.  I had a good week.  I went to a parent teacher conference yesterday expecting to talk to the teacher about areas my son needs to work on but instead she showed me he is being invited to join the National Elementary Honor Society.  I have to complete some paperwork and his fate will be decided next week.  He is an excellent student and this has been said to me before by his kindergarten teacher who recommended he transfer to a private school with high performing students.  I don't have the money for that and felt he could still get a good education where he is so I made no moves in that direction.  If my son requests to transfer I would look into it but for now, he will remain in the current public school system.  These days information is easier to obtain and they cannot gatekeep what he needs.  I can go on skillshare, youtube, Google university. I have access to several libraries and rub shoulders with teachers, principals and other educated people who are only a phone call or door knock away so don't ever see that to be an issue.  I need to make sure he is doing what he ought to be doing at school and taking up some extracurricular activities at home that will help him increase his skills and flourish. He is really into animation, typing, loves math, and wants to play piano.  He spends a lot of time gaming too and watching videos on how to develop games and studying languages like Russian and Spanish.  He is nine years old.  I wanted to find a program to make it easier for me to animate after my macbook went out of commission and I was surprised when we were on a long car ride back home, here he was over to my right creating content on an old phone I had given him. He made several animations, added timely voiceovers and processed the entire thing and it was enjoyable and educational to watch and surprising that he possessed such skills. I need him to train me on the program.  

God is good. He has blessed me with my awesome son and a great family who loves and supports what he and I do. I say this week to week but I am thankful for my career and my part time job.  I am thankful for the blessings the Lord has given me.  It is December and alot is coming up. I have to finish planning a winter concert, a cantata if you will for next week.  There are banquets, children's events and other things going on.  It's going to be very busy but fun.  

I'm going to sign off now but so far December is off to a great start.  Happy Sabbath :)