Update on things in Dumont NJ

Yeah, my car will finally be ready today. I dropped it off Monday morning at the body shop and have been using a rental car from Enterprise this whole week. The car is a Dodge Caliber which I HATE. It is a bright electric blue and small. Luckily I have only had to use it for a week. Brian is 16 now and had a great b-day. Friday night he and a bunch of friends went to the NJ Devils hockey game, Saturday night I had 9 boys, including Brian at my house for pizza & bbq wings and then a sleep over and then Sunday night my family came for dinner. A busy weekend, but Brian had fun. I am surprised though he has done nothing but talk about getting his permit, and I have already spoken to a driving instructor who will take him to get the permit and give him the 6 hours behind the whell driving he needs, but he has not studied for the written test so he can't go. They don't do drivers ed in school until after the Christmas break. I had a meeting yesterday with Brian, his guidance counselor and his geometry teacher. He has an A-/B+ average, but because he does nothing but doodle, he does his initials in graffiti everyday, and does not participate in class, his talking can also be a problem, his grade will be a C for the final grade. It blows my mind that he has done this to himself. The teacher did say that for the past week he has been much better. We can only hope it stays good. Brian plans on going trick or treating today, although he doesn't like candy which is bad for me because I do. Anyway, I do miss the days of him picking out a costume and the parade at school, but I guess that's all a part of growing up. He did go out for Cabbage Night last night with shaving cream and toilet paper. I will not allow him to go out with eggs.