Yesterday after a trip to Costco (cha ching) for some desks for the boys new school set up, we spent the day unpacking and rearranging things in the house. Around 2pm, Lori’s new friend Sue, who manages another surgeon and will work right next to Lori, came over with her son Max who is also going into 8th grade a VMS. Sue has been a God send helping with advice and answering all sorts of questions and giving us the inside scoop. Anyhow she was lovely (she says that a lot as she’s from South Africa) and they stayed for over an hour visiting. Jag and Max hit it off right away as I guess there’s only like 12 boys in the 8th grade and 24 girls! She gave us the lowdown on specific teachers and more importantly certain kids, boys and especially girls, and their personalities.
She’s a real kick as she’s a strong lady and her accent sounds more British than South African. A few hours later we all decided to go to dinner at Ti Amo at 8:30. Turns out their family lives right across the street from one of my best friends brother and we know lots of people in common. So at 8:30 we met her daughter and husband, who is also from South Africa, and 9 of us went to dinner. Two hours later we were done and headed home. It was a great time and Jag and Ty are really excited as Max told them all about what to expect at school. We didn’t really want to go out that late but it was good we did.
It’s almost 7am and I’m going to bomb down to Denver in about 30 minutes and pick up our mountain bikes as Max and Jagger want to go mountain biking today. I’ll be back up by 11am or so and don’t mind the drive plus I’m happy to do it for Jag so he can go biking with his new friend. I’ll grab all four bikes as the cars were too loaded for me to get them the other day.
We found a dresser at Costco we really need but will be putting that on hold as we need to save all our cash right now for school. It was only $500 out the door but that’s a lot of money no matter who you are. I almost forgot, Jag, Ty and Max were walking Mojo up the mountain yesterday when a husky who was off leash, came charging at him. Jag said Mojo stiffened up and stuck his chest out thinking to himself, “oh boy, this stupid dog is charging me, usually I have to chase them”. Anyhow Jag threw himself around Mojo’s neck holding him back and Mojo still drug him down the mountain 10 feet or so. Ty and Max were also holding on to the leash but Mojo can easily drag 200 or 300 pounds if he wants to. Finally the ladies walking the husky realized what was happening and ran up to get their dog. Jag ended up with a couple of bloody skinned up knees that he wore like a badge of honor. Max apparently was quite impressed as he was telling the story along with Jag when they came home. Anyhow no harm done and a dog fight or should I say, one sided beat down by Mojo, was averted. I don’t know what some people are thinking walking their dogs without a leash, like the place is their own backyard. Soon the neighborhood will know who Mojo is, trust me.
Ok, time to run so I can get down the hill and get back up by 11 or so. Hope everyone is well, take care and God Bless. Mom, if you’re up, I’ll stop by and say hi!