The very worst thing the Nashville School District has ever done besides hiring Pedro Gomez was when he started this school uniform crap a couple of years ago. It is just a way to make parents who can not afford it to buy special clothes for their school age kids. A parent who has 4 or 5 kids in the school system spends a lot of money on nothing but school uniforms that look stupid. These new uniforms make it easy to pick on kids who can not afford new uniforms every 6 weeks or so. The uniforms do wear out and get torn when the kids play and kids will play hard. Let’s spend this extra money on important things like food and paying the bills.
Out with the old
George Bush has one more day to rule this country and tomorrow we will put our new President in office. I can not see how he can do any worse than Bush did but only time will tell. I have seen the crowds that are flocking to Washington DC to be a part of this historic event. I would really like to be a part of this event, but we did not vote for him here in Nashville. I guess I will have to watch from a distance this time.
More truck issues
With the truck in the shop I had to get a rental van to deliver the Sunday papers and make a short business trip to Huntsville Alabama. I hope that they get my truck fixed this week and I am able to get back to my day to day routine. I hate when I am displaced in any way shape or form, I really do like my routine the way that I have it set up. Things run better when you follow a path you are familiar with. I know they will find more wrong with my truck once they get started with the repairs they always do it seems.
Why
Why on the last day of the year do my brakes go out in my truck? There is no way to get the truck to the shop in time to get the brakes repaired today, so I will be without my truck for at least two days and maybe three days. I will have to take my car to work tonight, I hate to do that to my car it is not made to haul all the junk I haul everyday like my Tahoe is. I carry a lot of books and crates of teacher gadgets to work. I guess I will have to do all of that after I get my truck back from the shop.
Day of rest
All of the cookies are made, and all of the Christmas presents are wrapped and under the tree. All of our extended family are in their beds for the night, ready to get out of bed tomorrow and have a joy filled Christmas. Now I can sit down and put my feet up. My work is all done and I am very pleased with the results. I made some great Christmas cookies and the presents we selected for our nephew will make the day a grand one in his memory. WAIT what was that noise on the roof?
Dogs
My five dogs are the light of my life, I love them just like they were my children and I hope that they love me back. I take them to work with me when I can and I try to make sure that each one gets the same amount of attention every day. I give them treats when they are good and scold them when they are bad. Our oldest dog Dottie is turning six this year and she is the queen of the house for sure. Dogs make you feel better when you are sick by cuddling up and licking your face, that always makes me feel better.
Wall Street
Even after the so called bail out the stock market has continued to tail spin, my 401K has lost about half of its value over the last few months. It looks like I will be working for the rest of my life, I guess that I really did not want to retire and sit on a beach and drink Margaritas for the rest of my days. I guess I will go out like the rest of my family while at work. I hope the new government can put an end to this wall street disaster and put us back where we belong, and I mean soon.
Welcome to the bad lands
Hello and welcome to my world, it is kind of boring and not a lot of fun, at times anyway. I live in the flat lands of Western Oklahoma and I am a teachers aid at the grade school in our town. I have lived here all of my life and I guess I will be here until the day I die. So join me and maybe you can help me have some fun in this small town on the edge of the earth.