It is midweek and all is well. That three day weekend gets the week off to a good start, doesn’t it?

We had a blast at the football game last Friday night. I think Patrick enjoyed the concession stand more than anything else, but he did exhibit some curiosity about the game. Aubree discovered that there were some advantages to her dad being a high school administrator. She spent the entire first half sitting on the front row, watching every move our cheerleaders made. I took her down on the field at halftime, introduced her to all the cheerleaders, and asked if she and her friend could spend the second half with them. All the girls lavished her with attention and she even got to do some cheers with them.

They are both excited about attending future games. By the way….we won 48-5!

Patrick is so funny now with his voice changing. He talks away and all of a sudden that little squeak comes out.

Nominations are still being accepted by the Okie Blog Awards. Stop by if you haven’t had a chance to submit your nominations!

I enjoyed Laura's post on trigger words. How many times do we say things without thinking about how they will set others off?

I also enjoyed and appreciated Sudie Girl’s post about authority figures gone bad. She had some kind words for me, but even more importantly raised an important question. What makes someone in a responsible position risk it all?

A couple of quick school vignettes:

Yesterday I had parents, kids, and the police occupy three hours of my morning discussing an incident that happened last Friday at the bus stop. The short version is that there are two groups of girls who have been feuding since middle school. The feud started over a boy, but that is not even important now. They’ve been posturing at each other and it came to a head at the bus stop. A big fight ensued with a number of adults including mothers, brothers, and cousins jumped into the melee. Then they all show up at school after the weekend. Good grief!

A female student had her truck broken into in the parking lot. It was parked quite a distance from the building. The window on the driver’s side was down, with the automatic motor apparently broken. The would be thief apparently didn’t notice this, shattering the passenger window instead and using a big carving knife to try to pry her stereo out of the dash. It didn’t work and he left this big knife just laying on the seat amidst all the broken glass. I commiserated with her about the incident and also told her that whoever did this needed to be in one of those dumb criminal videos.

So how is YOUR week going?

Labels: Midweek Meanderings

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