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The Day Got Better

I felt much better this morning, after my ear/nose/throat issue the day before.  But late Thursday night, we got word that another student--this time at the local junior high--had committed suicide.  It was exactly one month form the high school student who took her life.  So this morning I woke up wondering what was wrong with the world that these kids are taking permanent ends to their temporary problems.  That, and, WHAT is going on here?!?

Sadly, there is no explanation, and luckily I don't have to be responsible for figuring out the "why" of these two deaths.  But as I went about my day--including two trips to the school for volunteer work--I recognized that amount of care that the kids try to offer others.  Not just my kids--but all the kids I come into contact with each day.

Sometimes it is the friends who stop by to see their buddy during lunch who just got home from having his wisdom teeth removed.  Yes, these boys showed up to tease and make fun of hteir friendwhile he was still under the affects of the anesthesia, but they do it because they love him.

Other times it is the ballroom team who come to the front office as a whole group to bring their trophies from their state competition to show the principals an the office staffers.  They were congratulated by the staff and then congratulated each other for their individual work.

Once in a while it is the kid who offers to buy his friend a sucker or slushy just because it is Friday.

Today included a gaggle of Student Council kids who came to the store to help their Japanese exchange students--there were about a dozen here on a cultural exchange for the day that "shadowed" the student council to all their classes--exchange the size of their American T-shirts to fit their tiny Japanese student bodies.  Good thing we sell Youth Larges

There is much to see that makes me hopeful in my observations of public school kids.  I'm glad to notice, otherwise I'd be so depressed I wouldn't bother getting out of bed each day.

Otolaryngology. Yeah, I Said It

Last night I had a strange pain in my left ear.  I have never had issues with my ears before.  I began wondering if it had anything to do with me getting to go bowling with the Laurels in my ward.  I went to bed wondering and worrying a little bit.

This morning I woke up with a lump in my throat, but the pain easing in my ear.  Better, I guess?

I imagine that tomorrow I will have gross stuff in my nose.  You know, just to give the third part of this trifecta a piece of this action too.

Oh.  Joy. 

I'll keep you posted.

I See Where You're Coming From Now

Last night, The Boy was decrying how "boring" his history class was.  Though he likes his teacher, he didn't see any reason to study history.  Genius Golfer then, rather than encourage The Boy's studies, completely agreed that history was a dumb subject and didn't see why schools had to teach it anyway.

I told them both, "Thank you for discrediting five years of my collegiate experience."

GG's reply?  "Well, you said yourself your head is full of useless knowledge.  Where do you think it came from?"

You're not helping, Dear.

That's Right...I'm RANKED!

One of Genius Golfer's favorite rides at Disneyland is the Astro Balsters.  It is a game/ride.  And he is a gamer at heart.  So this is a natural fit.  I, on the other hand am not a gamer.  I play games with the kids usually so I am the loser and they don't get bent out of shape if they lose.  I figure it is my place as the mom.  It rates right up there with eating the least warm food for dinner, as they all seem to think of "just one more thing" as I'm trying to sit down and eat with them. But that is another blog post.

Amazingly enough, and after several rides, I had a lifetime personal best on Astro Blasters.  You can see the incredibly concentration I had, based on the photo.  You might also notice that GG isn't in the car with me.  Nope.  He wanted to ride separately because I was cramping his "spin style".  You can control your own car's ability to spin in parts of the ride, and he wanted his control all on his own.

On this very same turn, GG saw his score reach nearly 500,000 and he ended up ranked 64th!  He was thrilled.  I imagine it is like what he must have been like when he'd get high score on Space Invaders back in the day and he'd get to put his initials on the scoreboard.

Who says Disneyland is just for kids?!?

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