A Mixed Bag (Weekend Review)

So my weekend was a mixed bag. I had a little good, had a little bad. Found out my oldest nephew might repeat a grade (again) despite the fact he’s smart as all outdoors. And I don’t say that because he’s my nephew, I say that because he’s the truth. My dude needs to talk to someone, because right now he’s lashing out, and unfortunately, he’s only hurting himself. It was in thinking of him that I came up with this: We manifest our expectations of self through daily behavior. Everything that does/doesn't make you happy is as you ordered it.

I found this out with a couple of hours to go on Friday @ work. Needless to say, hearing my nephew is selling himself short, hurt and pissed me off. The good aspect was I got to see an old friend that I’ve known since junior high. I haven’t seen Vanja in ages, and even though it was only for an hour or so, it couldn’t have been timelier. It also made it abundantly clear that we still have that vibe. Our humor is very different, yet her humor plays off of mine and vice versa extremely well. Hopefully, it won’t be years before she and I kick it again.

The rest of the weekend was pretty much about spending time with a few nieces, the oldest nephew, baby bro, the homie Lashawn, my sister, her dude, and my cousin Shae…oh, and Nikki Boots, can’t forget Nikki Boots! Essentially bouncing between my house, my sister Traci’s, Shawn’s and back. Watched a couple of movies, had an awesome brunch on Saturday (which, just thinking about, makes me hungry) with all of the aforementioned except Boots. It was a good time to chill and enjoy family pretty much.

Oh, I also had a talk with the nephew on Friday, but I sincerely had to pray before I did. Because I wanted to yell at him, and I knew that wasn’t what he needed, I had to ask for the words. I was direct, honest, and I believe he listened. He has to decide that he really wants to make things right for himself—because he’s…yeah, I’m about to get worked up. I love that kid like he was my own. I just want to see him shine…and I’ll leave it at that.

Wrapped up the weekend with a little Playoff Basketball and some NBA 2K10 with bay’bro. Yeah, the only thing that would make that better is a down ass woman I can vibe with. But I got a prospect, so we’ll see how that turns out.