Bike Week

Yesterday J and I went to a motorcycle hill-climb event that was staged as part of Bike Week, an annual 10 day motorcycle rally held in Laconia NH. The hill-climb itself was fun to watch, though a bit more tame than I expected. Afterwards we went to Weirs Beach, the epicenter of the rally to check out the bikes and attractions. We enjoyed looking at all the bikes but the rest of the event was little more than vendors selling t-shirts, sunglasses, hot sausages and hand cut french fries. Pretty lame in my opinion.

As we drove home I began to grow lethargic and started thinking about how I was going to spend the rest of my day. I knew that if I did not stay strong and determined I would end up sitting in Clickerville wasting away. However, when I arrived home I promptly moved my jeep into the driveway and started dissecting the front body mount in preparation for its replacement. I did not stop until 8:00 PM. I am thrilled that I avoided Clickerville and made some progress on my jeep.

J's Lucky Day!

We won our appeal so J will officially graduate with his class this Friday. Based on his poor judgement and pathetic class attendance he deserved to be held back; but I am happy that he was not. Keeping Josh focused on school for the past 12 years has been incredibly difficult (hell) and I am very proud of J for earning his diploma.

He says that he will be moving out within the next few months. I think his quest for independence will be good for him and our relationship but I really don't want to see him go. However, given is lack of maturity and responsibility as well as the contentious relationship he has with his girlfriend, I expect he will be back.

We met with the lawyer yesterday and we are moving forward with the plea arrangement. If all goes well we should be nearing the end of the legal aspect of this horrible event.