Tomorrow is the kids' last day of school.
Unfortunately my son has the virus that was kicking the crap out of me last week. We kept him home today and most likely he'll be home tomorrow. I feel really bad for him. As a kid I know that the last day of school is always one that is almost as highly anticipated day as Christmas day. The thought that you have the whole summer ahead of you with nothing more to worry about than what time after 9 or 10 you might just roll out of bed is pretty cool.
The kids won't be doing that, however. We've signed them up for a summer-long sports camp. Yes, it's kind of a "day care" solution to the fact that my wife work during the day now. But it's better than what they did last summer.
Ultimately, unless their friends are around ( which isn't always the case ) they spend the day whining about how hot it is or how boring it is or . . . insert random complaint here. So they'll spend the summer with kids their age staying fit and busy.
But back to the title . . . I spent this evening getting things going on my son's new website because I have every confidence that he has met ( if not surpassed ) his promise to bring his reading grade up while maintaining his other awesome grades. His hosting package came with something called Community Server. It's a pretty nice ASP.Net application that allows you to create a thriving community complete with blogs, forums, file downloading and photo sharing. He wants to build a community around an online game he plays - Runescape. He envisions selling ads and making buckets of money. Never let it be said that I tried to stifle his entrepreneurial dreams. After all, he earned it. I made sure that it was set up so he could play around with it and mess with this and that tomorrow since he'll be missing his last day of school. Hopefully he'll feel up to it. If not, it'll be ready for him when he's feeling better.
Ultimately, unless their friends are around ( which isn't always the case ) they spend the day whining about how hot it is or how boring it is or . . . insert random complaint here. So they'll spend the summer with kids their age staying fit and busy.
But back to the title . . . I spent this evening getting things going on my son's new website because I have every confidence that he has met ( if not surpassed ) his promise to bring his reading grade up while maintaining his other awesome grades. His hosting package came with something called Community Server. It's a pretty nice ASP.Net application that allows you to create a thriving community complete with blogs, forums, file downloading and photo sharing. He wants to build a community around an online game he plays - Runescape. He envisions selling ads and making buckets of money. Never let it be said that I tried to stifle his entrepreneurial dreams. After all, he earned it. I made sure that it was set up so he could play around with it and mess with this and that tomorrow since he'll be missing his last day of school. Hopefully he'll feel up to it. If not, it'll be ready for him when he's feeling better.
