A full day

We were in the city again today. I took M
to the ballet with a HS group. It was really nice. I love being able to do these things with my son. I love being able to meet other HS'ers finally.

It was cold today, and I did not get enough sleep last night. Every time I have to go somewhere the next day I have this internal alarm clock that wakes me up too early . So I must admit that today I was quite sleepy but that's ok.

We also went to the toy store. M and I road the Ferris Wheel inside which I think rocked his world haha. He bought a Transformer and a stuffed kitty. He LOVES stuffed animals. They had a lot there at reasonable prices. I was pleasently surprised.

My partner and I were talking tonight and he said it was so funny because even though we have a small place and we aren't wealthy we manage to really enrich my little one's life. We do some things on a shoestring and manage to get him out of the house, interested and interacting with the world around him.

It's exiting to see "M" so environmental too. It is something he talks about and questions often. Today on the bus he was talking with me about population and we had a discussion about terraforming. He does math problems on the bus. He extends further and further the fibonacci numbers. He is an interesting kid. I sometimes wonder what he will become. Before it was a vet, then he said he wants to work for GreenPeace. I have a sneaking suspicion he might end up working with numbers in some capacity , or maybe he will become a teacher. He is only 6 who knows. When I was 6 I wanted to become a botanist a writer and a singer. But I always loved entomology.

Right now I am on again off again reading a book about insect/arthropod chemical defense. It is really interesting. The internal structure of these insects , amazing. It is all so complex for such small creatures. It makes me want the spring back so I can sit in the yard for hours looking under logs and underneath the ivy for spiders, moths and what M and I call ''Erm the Worm" haha. I miss the woods by my old house. I don't miss it consciously during the day but I dream about it a lot. I dream often about forests, and rain, and grass and the things I don't feel as connected to where I am.

It's why I make sure "M " understands science and environmentalism. The environment in which I grew up, I had that built in inclination toward a bond with Earth. In an Urban Fringe I would hate for him to lack understanding about the natural world and nature. I would hate for him to become plugged in and tuned out to the natural world. It's a problem I think with today's youth. That plugged-in mind set.


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