I’m up and on my feet again. The world kept going even with me in bed. Which means my problems are important to me, but not to the grand scheme of things. Although it’s been hot this week, I’m still amazed at how few over one-hundred-degree days we have experienced. Not that ninety-seven feels good. We’ve had a few short but heavy showers around the farm and school. Any rain is appreciated around this time of the year.
School is settling down, the kids are putting aside their summer attitudes of play, not work, and everyone is realizing the school year has begun. It’s just as hard for the teachers to get into a regular routine as it is for the students. I was watching the tiny ones last week. I have said for years, and I will continue to say it. PreK and Kinder teachers are an exceptional group of teachers.
They speak an entirely different language. I laugh as they march from area to area. It’s very much like herding chickens, but they are so cute.
I am amazed at the manners of our young adults. I was at a store with narrow aisles and a mother, and her child were picking out toys. I waited for a moment, looking directly at the mom, and finally asked if she would move over. To my surprise, she told me it would be just as easy for me to turn around and take another aisle as it would be for her to move. She was setting a very rude example for her child which annoyed me, but I simply told her I was too old and crochety to do that. She gave me another dirty look and moved over.
It’s no wonder children talk back and argue with authority.
Congratulations to the volleyball girls last week on their win over a 3-A opponent. The girls are in a rebuilding period, but they are resolute and proud to be Coyotes. The boys had a scrimmage and game against Priddy. Coach Ethridge had to address a few overzealous young players, but there’s nothing like a good run with the tires to adjust attitudes. We have a surplus of talented athletes, and this should be an extraordinarily successful season.
The next football game will be against May on September 5th. This is a home game so their will be a Fifth Quarter meal provided by the members of the First Baptist Church and Shiloh Bible Church. Next Friday, the 12th, there will be another home game against Nueces Canyon also followed by a Fifth Quarter meal.
Many of us have been following the moving story of Jody Lewis’s liver transplant surgery. His daughter Tana will donate a part of her liver in return for another donor donating theirs for her dad. That’s the kind of people who make our town proud. She is doing what I hope all of us would have the courage to do if we had a sick family member.
As usual, we have many on the prayer list. The RSPS had their potluck luncheon on Sunday, and I was happy to see Jack Carroll there. Please pray for our country, our president, our government, and our border patrol. God bless our troops overseas and around the country. They and their families keep our country safe.
Have a wonderful week.