How does the year sneak past us every year? Man, Javalina is done with another school year, seems like just yesterday we were dragging ass getting him ready to play football even as the school struggled to find his bucket head a helmet that would fit. We slid through the Thanksgiving Christmas break without too much excitement. It seemed to be the start of a great new year, personally I was taking two weeks off during the Christmas break, then we lost an uncle suddenly. That was a tragedy, as he was a good man who did nothing but work and love my aunt and his daughters.
Javalina stayed busy at school with Band, projects for his Einstein program, and then in the Spring he tried his hand at Track and Field, specifically shot-put and discus. He was the back-up in discus, but he did very well in shot-put, landing in 7th place out of 30 kids from about ten different schools. He really just used brute strength as his technique was not developed being that he only practiced 4-5 times before the big meet.
If he discovered anything this year, it is that he is a very physical boy. He is one of those that needs to constantly be playing grab-ass with his buddies. He loves putting his strength on display, even challenging me to arm wrestling from time to time, good thing I have always lifted weights when feeling healthy and free. Since joining the Chemistry group I don't feel I even have time to pee, if we are being honest, much less find time to go to the gym. This summer we are supposed to start an exercise regime, Javalina and I at home. He wants to be the strongest kid in his class and wants to win the shot-put thing next year, plus he wants to be a specimen on the football field, not just one of the fat bodies.
Boy has been working less than a month and has already accrued something like 90 hours of OT which they do not pay him because he is an intern. They told him yesterday to go home early and then today he gets to stay home and he'll get paid I guess out of guilt, although it's dumb to expect him to go back and work on Friday after giving him off half of Wednesday and all of Thursday. He seems to be happy, so I won't mess with him too much, other than him helping with the yard.
It will be an interesting summer, filled with muscle growth and head butting as I mean to keep my position as alpha as the hierarchy wants to be challenged by the youngest buck.
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