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the_rck*Cordelia is working at Jimmy John's. She has three shifts a week at their store on the far side of town and one shift a week at the store that's closer to us. The one further away gets a lot more business because it's near a highway and has a drive-through. They like Cordelia at that location because, due to the lack of curfew on her license, she can work closing. They have under 18s work closing at the nearer store because they walk to and from work, but the other location doesn't have housing near enough (or street crossing safe enough) for employees to walk home.
We're only two weeks into things, and this week will be the first with the settled schedule. Cordelia can only get to work if Scott gets home on time, so we're all a little stressed about that part. His shift is supposed to end at 3 p.m. and hers always start at 5 p.m. It's a half hour for him to get home, and he almost never gets off on time. His work has been better about not giving him last minute overtime, but...
Scott also has to trust that Cordelia will get herself home without him keeping vigil. He has to trust that I am able to answer my phone if she calls and judge whether or not he's needed. Cordelia is displeased that he worries because she gets home between an hour and an hour and a half after he usually goes to bed.
*Cordelia has committed to going to Michigan State. She found a roommate via their roommate dating app, and they know what room they'll be in and are planning who will bring what. Cordelia has her classes for most of next year (possibly all of it?), but we don't know her AP results yet, and a good score on the stats test will alter her first semester schedule. She's taking a meteorology class for her science distribution. Her current plan is to major in psychology and then to go after a master's program in education so that she can be a high school guidance counselor.
*The final choir concert for this year was online. There were nine senior solos, including Cordelia's (I have hers and can share the link if anyone's interested. People who aren't me or Scott have enjoyed it). There were a lot of Skyline Blues numbers, too, including one in which Cordelia sang the solo. There will be an iTunes album for all of this year's Blues performances some time around October. (Their competition video for this year can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STE8FWs1VnY It runs 4 minutes).
*Now that Cordelia and the other kids in Blues are vaccinated and restrictions are relaxing, they've been having some social gatherings. They've also been playing Minecraft together from time to time for months.
Cordelia has twice been out very late for these social gatherings. The first time, Scott stayed up because she's never been out that late before and because she's not used to driving without him there (and he's not used to her driving without him there). He actually told me that he was worried the car would break down and that I would take a cab out even though me being on-site wouldn't help. I pointed out that we know someone who lives a few blocks from where she was. That friend has teen kids and would help out with even a middle of the night call for this sort of help.
Cordelia would be mortified by that help, though, because she's adamant that the people who've been coming over here two evenings a month (plus other visits) for the last 15+ years are strangers to her. We don't have any friends she feels she knows well enough not to be embarrassed about imposing upon.
We're only two weeks into things, and this week will be the first with the settled schedule. Cordelia can only get to work if Scott gets home on time, so we're all a little stressed about that part. His shift is supposed to end at 3 p.m. and hers always start at 5 p.m. It's a half hour for him to get home, and he almost never gets off on time. His work has been better about not giving him last minute overtime, but...
Scott also has to trust that Cordelia will get herself home without him keeping vigil. He has to trust that I am able to answer my phone if she calls and judge whether or not he's needed. Cordelia is displeased that he worries because she gets home between an hour and an hour and a half after he usually goes to bed.
*Cordelia has committed to going to Michigan State. She found a roommate via their roommate dating app, and they know what room they'll be in and are planning who will bring what. Cordelia has her classes for most of next year (possibly all of it?), but we don't know her AP results yet, and a good score on the stats test will alter her first semester schedule. She's taking a meteorology class for her science distribution. Her current plan is to major in psychology and then to go after a master's program in education so that she can be a high school guidance counselor.
*The final choir concert for this year was online. There were nine senior solos, including Cordelia's (I have hers and can share the link if anyone's interested. People who aren't me or Scott have enjoyed it). There were a lot of Skyline Blues numbers, too, including one in which Cordelia sang the solo. There will be an iTunes album for all of this year's Blues performances some time around October. (Their competition video for this year can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STE8FWs1VnY It runs 4 minutes).
*Now that Cordelia and the other kids in Blues are vaccinated and restrictions are relaxing, they've been having some social gatherings. They've also been playing Minecraft together from time to time for months.
Cordelia has twice been out very late for these social gatherings. The first time, Scott stayed up because she's never been out that late before and because she's not used to driving without him there (and he's not used to her driving without him there). He actually told me that he was worried the car would break down and that I would take a cab out even though me being on-site wouldn't help. I pointed out that we know someone who lives a few blocks from where she was. That friend has teen kids and would help out with even a middle of the night call for this sort of help.
Cordelia would be mortified by that help, though, because she's adamant that the people who've been coming over here two evenings a month (plus other visits) for the last 15+ years are strangers to her. We don't have any friends she feels she knows well enough not to be embarrassed about imposing upon.
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Date: 2021-07-07 08:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-07-15 07:26 am (UTC)I expect she'll figure it out if it comes up. I'm just hoping that it won't.
The city bus goes out that way. If the buses are back on normal service schedules and if Scott lets her know early enough (at least 2 hours before shift), she'd have time to get there by bus. She just wouldn't have a way home afterward. She'd also need to come up with exact change for the bus (bus passes are only worth the investment if a person will make at least 40 trips in a 30 day period).
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Date: 2021-07-07 10:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-07-15 07:30 am (UTC)This university assigned all of the freshmen a basic schedule with the idea that they could drop/add later but would at least have spots in the expected classes. If they were doing on campus orientation, they'd have done counseling before scheduling instead of after.
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Date: 2021-07-15 10:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-07-07 12:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-07-15 07:34 am (UTC)We were discussing whether or not she wants me to go along on the drive to college. I said it was partly up to her because (a) I stress her out when I get stressed and (b) saying goodbye here would be a more clearly defined thing (but then I wouldn't be there and wouldn't get to see her room).
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Date: 2021-07-08 12:46 pm (UTC)If you ever need help, I would be happy to be asked!
Sincerely,
Valerie
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Date: 2021-07-15 07:34 am (UTC)I think she feels slightly better about you than about our game group. You somehow ping her as more 'normal mom.'
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Date: 2021-07-15 01:52 pm (UTC)