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Old 01-10-2008, 03:46 PM
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You're so right about the school think Missy. We had these conversations too, before he ever went to school. Of course, we really want him to get a college education, but it won't do any good if he doesn't want to be there.
But now he says he learned a tough lesson, so hopefully taking classes and living at home will give him the structure he needs now to focus on school, and not so much socializing. I always tell my kids, "I am not an alarm clock" because I want them to be self sufficient and able to get themselves up and out of bed. But I sure don't mind being a back up for a well-timed kick in the butt to get out of bed!
I think Derek thought he could do it all -- classes, work and party hard... but he quickly discovered he couldn't keep up and the thing that suffered was classes. And boy did they suffer! Well, there won't be much partying here at home for him.
OK -- today's workout...
40 minutes elliptical.
This one was tough -- I was so tired right off the bat-- but I stuck with it and got it done.
Some days I can breeze through it, and almost hate to quit. Today was not one of those days.
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