I loved looking at all the pictures in the paper and on Facebook of the overwhelming response to the eclipse. I ran across a few fuddy duddies, but for the most part it was an awesome event.
I’m a little jealous of those folks who were able to get outstanding shots of the corona and flares. My camera was not up to snuff, but I can enjoy other people’s fantastic photos.
The end of the year rush is overtaking us at school.
We are entering the second week of STAAR testing. We have several students out who are advancing to regional or area competitions, and we still have five weeks of school to complete our studies. Plus, May is banquet time. There will be a sports banquet, May 9th, eighth grade luncheon, senior luncheon, Baccalaureate at the First Christian Church and eighth grade and Kinder graduation, May 23rd. Senior graduation will be May 24th. I forgot the senior roping fundraiser.
The boys relay teams are advancing to regionals to be held at UNT Denton on April the 19-20th. District tennis is on the 22nd. Please don’t forget the annual mobile blood drive to be held April 23rd. There are 11 scholars heading to regional UIL Academics events. Please wish Jaspur Farris, Maggie Bryant, Connor Womack, Maddie Bailey, Jacob Sweeney, Kinsley Daly Kasadee Daly, Jadyn Fleming, Reagan Ethridge, Raegan Eckert, and Naomi Ramsey success in their chosen events. The boys State golf meet will be April 29-30 at Plum Creek.
Parents, please make sure your students are going to bed at a reasonable time. All too often when I ask a sleepy students what time they went to bed, the answer is the same. They went to bed but stayed up playing on their phone until the wee hours of the morning. It’s difficult to get through the day when you have been up all night. Especially during this STAAR testing period, they need good sleep, healthy food, and calm. I dislike the testing, but there is no apparent other way to see if schools are doing their job. I wish they would make the tests more ACT style as opposed to the SAT style they seem to prefer.
I pulled a “moment” the other day. I needed to tack up some oilcloth on the wall of my old house. Instead of getting the ladder and doing it the right way, I opted to perch myself between two chairs, one of which was perched on another chair. I can see heads shaking. My last thought was I should really use the ladder. As I stepped on chair one, and reached over to step on chair two, things went astray. Fortunately, when I fell, I landed on the first chair. I will be gimpy for a few days, but nothing is broken. The muscles will heal, but I’m not sure you can fix hard-headed dumb thinking.
I haven’t said anything lately, but if you want to be a part of the old Bank Building renovations, they would love to hear from you. All donations are gratefully accepted. Jackie is doing well in the RS BoHo Unique, Chrissy’s Plants and Adorabella Designs are keeping the 1910 Shoppe looking spiffy. We’re just waiting to fix the roof.
It looks as if the record breaking, historical cicada hatching will be just to the east of us. There will be the regular oneyear hatchings, but that will be in addition to two super broods that they are calling the cicadageddon. Thankfully, they are to the east and north of Texas. So many strange things are happening in our world.
Please pray for the war in Israel, the menace of Iran, Ukraine, and our southern border. Our government needs prayer and so do the police officers around the country. We have multiple sicknesses in the area that need our prayers. Most of all pray for our troops and their families.