Employment

Both kids are on the path of fiscal responsibility. Hannah went to Eastern Market at 6:30 a.m. today with our neighbor Amber. She is going to sell fruit and vegetables from Amber's family stand until she has to leave for her game at around 2:30. It'll be good for her. Hannah was outside too long in the sun yesterday during the school's Pitch, Hit and Run contest and has one heck of a sunburn. Hope she doesn't whine too much at work.

Jackson (and Denzel) are going to try out on May 1 for the Greening of Detroit's Green Corps. It is a group of 80 high schoolers who maintain the trees and gardens that the Greening's volunteers have planted over the years. It pays minimum wage and gives the kids 40 hours of time Monday through Friday during the summer. It is a three-step interview process that will be good for the boys. They have to run certain drills, participate in a Saturday planting and go through a formal interview. Cross your fingers!

We went and saw "Hairspray" at Cass last night. What a beautiful theater. The production was fabulous. Man, could those kids sing and dance. It was kind of odd seeing a nearly 100% African-American school do "Hairspray." Even the white kids in the story were black. Mama Turnblad was played by one of the big guys from the Cass football team. Hilarious. Nathan and Lynn went with us. Nathan is going to go to Cass next year with Jackson. He's an amazing actor so it was good for him to see that Cass will help support his acting "chops."

I'm home alone this morning which is so weird. Jackson is at an ROTC tournament, Hannah is working at the Market and Ro went to work after he dropped Jackson off. I leave in an hour for weaving but I am enjoying this peace and quiet quite a bit. (I stayed up past midnight last night dying some yarn for class this morning and it looks like crap! Should have gone to bed.)