gus and cole last marchour friends, cindy and cole, are moving to new orleans tomorrow. jeff is going to practice pediatric oncology at tulane; cindy is going to continue her vioxx litigation work. the boys will be starting in the mandeville public school system in the fall--a huge new adventure for a family that has never lived in the south! they are brave, indeed. we will miss them dearly but hopefully will be able to visit them soon (and celebrate by making a pilgrimmage to cafe du monde).
my favorite memory of them is from about nine months ago, right after school started for gus. since we were a new family, they were assigned to our us (by the school) to help us along, tell us what all we needed to do as the year went on, etc. about a month after classes started, gus came home with five dollars in his backpack and i was like, "where did this come from?" and he said that cole had hired him.
"to do what?"
"to dig a hole."
"to dig a hole?"
"yeah, in the sandy part of the playground. cole hired me and jeremy to dig a hole. we can stand up in it now and our heads are almost covered. cole is going to give me another five dollars tomorrow for finishing this one area."
while i was proud of gus for getting a job at the ripe age of six, i was a little worried about the source of cole's largesse and i thought his mom might want to know he was outsourcing his desire for a hole. so, i called cindy, who was mortified that cole had contracted classmates to dig a hole (she was asking, "what about benefits? what if gus gets hurt on the job?--that attorney mind never shuts off completely), and she put an end to it all. i tried to give the money back but she decided that gus had rightfully earned the money and that cole should pay him as contracted. and that is my favorite memory of cindy and cole.
we will miss you!
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