i called my son last night about 10. he didn't have to work. i thought he'd be out running around or hanging out at his friend ian's house.

but no.

i heard piano music in the background. it was john lennon's "imagine". nigel said, "listen mom, this girl thinks she has no talent". and she was playing it beautifully.

"who is this girl?" "where are you?"

all i got were vague, evasive answers.

i did find out she's 25 years old. nigel is not yet 21. she owns her own house, and he met her when a buddy of his moved into the house behind her. he was staying the night.

*sigh*

i told him to be sure to please practice safe sex.

he told me he didn't need any practice.

what the hell is up with all this???

i also told him to be sure and call me today, that i had some extensive questioning to do.

dave just laughed. he said i expect the boy to be responsible and go out and try to grow up a bit, and it sounds like that's what he's doing, so i should leave it alone.

hell no!!! he's still my son, and i'll ask all the questions i want to. even if i don't get answers or answers that i like.

course dave also said if he were 20 years old again and could hook up with a 25 year old sugar mama, he'd do it in a heartbeat!!

men. *bleah*

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katherine and i went to raven run yesterday afternoon. it's a nature sanctuary on the outskirts of town, actually it's about 10 miles outside of town. i've lived here for 35 years and never been. the schools always take the kids there on field trips, so she'd been some years ago.

you can google it if you like. it really is pretty.

we thought we'd do some light hiking. they have trail maps and give you a description of the trails and their difficulties. we decided to do the one that has a ky river overlook. i think it was supposed to be about a 2 mile trek.

we got about halfway, maybe a little more, and katherine developed a blister on the back of her ankle. she wore short socks in her hiking boots and it was rubbing against it. so we turned back. i gave her my socks at one point and she was better, but we were by then high enough on the trail to see that it was threatening rain so we came on back.

all in all we spent a little more than an hour hiking. and it was a hike. not a walk, not a little trail like i'm used to, but a hike. i'm feeling it today in my calves.

i got pictures, which i'll show ya as soon as i figure out how to do it.

we got to see some pretty wildflowers and all kinds of bugs and bees and a few birds. on our way back we met a couple who had a video camera and they showed us a snake about 6 or 7 feet long that they'd run into just a short ways up the trail.

i'm not particularly afraid of snakes, just when they startle me, but i like to know what kind of snake it is and i couldn't tell. there are some copperheads and water mocs in the area, but we didn't see it anyway.

we met a guy who was running - running - the trails. he said that he trains there. omg - i couldn't believe it. this is rough terrain. there are stumps and tree roots and rocks all over the trails. one misstep and he'd be splattered all over, and quite possibly could roll down the hill and kill himself.

he did say that one evening last year he tripped, sprained his ankle and laid there til someone came along to help, and it was near closing time. he was a bit scared that he'd be trapped there overnight. the crazy things people do.

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katherine went to a sleepover, and i went to dinner with a couple of girlfriends i hadn't seen in months.

i ate wayyyyy too much mexican food plus dessert thank you, and came home miserable. they both ate a bunch while we laughed and talked, and then ordered dessert, so i thought 'why not???". i guess it was the whole mob mentality kind of thing.

i know, i'm a weak-minded kind of fool.

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so now i have to shower and and go pick up my daughter.

i'm just wondering if it's too early yet to call my son...

xoxo