school today was pretty routine...we came to agreement on field trips and then we made dr. jones rub her temples, and close her eyes a few times...i'm not sure if it was that she was taking a nap, trying to find her quiet place or genuinely trying to focus on the issue at hand. we are certainly an animated bunch-so much to say and so little space in which to say it. it's hard to get a word in edgewise when you're with us. trust me, there will never be a want for words.
i don't know that we came to any real solution, but it was good to have our red ribbon people in to talk to the kids about not doing drugs. according to the kids margaritas are a drug. afterward, the kids received multi-colored bracelets. one of the boys said, isn't that like the hippies wear? (thinking of tie-dye) and i smiled and said, "hmm, yep..go ask the visitor." and she yes, then he said, "hey! we're hippies!" isn't that the antithesis of red-ribbon week?? the kids had no idea about that, though.
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| i told the kids it wasn't really tie dye, it was multi-colored to symbolize multiculturalism. they fell for it. |
lunch today was so relaxing! i just had a salad in my room and let yo yo ma serenade me with a few cello pieces. it was wonderful!
on the way home, my thoughts went the the old show:
that's incredible! i remember we used to sit around and watch that as family time back in the early 80's before we moved to honduras in 83. it was great to see the incredible feats, medical mysteries, etc. it ran from 1980-1984. strangely it was taken off air a year after we moved. perhaps we were their viewing base...so they had to cancel when we moved. i'd love to go back and see what things we thought were incredible back then! i wonder how many things might have been precursors to breakthroughs that have happened since then.
tomorrow is sunglasses day...wonder if i have any that are light enough to wear inside...oh, this is when i wish i had blu-blockers! perhaps i will stop by a gas station tomorrow and see if they have any...hmm...
hope at the end of the day you have done something that people could yell at you,
"that's incredible!"
julie
