Day 376:
'We Bust Ours, So We Can Kick Yours.'
I read this on the back of a former student's hoody the other day. My question to him was, "What do you bust?"
He hesitated a moment, looking around as if someone may pop in the room and spare him the inevitable,..... nope, no one arrived,..."Well,... you know," was his final reply.
"Not at all. Can you explain it to me?" I was just curious if he truly felt comfortable wearing a shirt that had a saying on it, that of course, everyone knows what it's referring to, but for a 5th grader,... didn't really care to say. Kind of like watching a scary movie with friends and not really wanting to admit that you're not sleeping for the next 12 months,.. or until they stop the production of chain saws that chop people up.
Admittedly, I've gone off track a bit here. The quote came to mind as I spent the day in the Hot Michigan Sun (I can capitalize here because it's a title I've now deemed worthy for the hot day I just spent in the sun - so all of those English teachers out there,...... well, you can just talk to Shanna, my attorney of language restatement).
The beginning to the quote 'We Bust Ours' is one that most parents who have major celebrations coming up (graduation season upon us) can relate to. Only the quote on the back of their shirt would say, "We Bust Ours, So Our House Looks Presentable to Everyone Who Comes Over - and NEVER Says Anything Remotely Related To The New Landscaping, Decoration, Outdoor Patio, Clean Garage, New Furniture, and Immaculate House!"
Now that would be a shirt!
Well, I don't have a tremendous celebration as such, but we do have visitors right now planning a trip to beautiful St. Joe this summer,... and by golly, I hope to have my t-shirt not only done, but the credit card payment for it complete as well.
In the meantime, you can find me standing in the Hot Michigan Sun, like a poached egg about to go scrambled, working on those house projects that I missed last summer,.... and I will have smile on my face, because we are cancer survivors.
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Biking to DC
Day 374:
Ride to the Wall. At first the kids thought I was talking about the Wall at Wings ETC., where if you dare scarf down 16 of the hottest wings on the planet without so much as a dribble from the water glass, you get a snapshot of the 'before the wings reach your lower intestinal tract' picture to be forever immortalized on the wall of Wings ETC.; oh yeah,.. plus you get to scribble out a cool quote on the bottom of the Polaroid,.. something like: Like Living on the Sun.
Anyway, once I got the kids straightened around between hot wings and a motorcycle ride that concludes in Washington DC at the Veterans Memorials, we were good to go. The ride was an incredible experience that I wouldn't have missed for anything.
The memorials that we got to see made the thousand of miles all worth the time in the seat. From the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to Arlington Cemetery, it was one couple that we met while catching a bite to eat at lunch that will more than likely stick in my mind.
"Are you a veteran?" she asked with a gentle smile on her face.
"Yes I am," I was wearing my Air Force shirt, just in case the next question was 'What branch of service were you in'.
"Well, I want to thank you and give you a token of our appreciation," as her husband stood in the background, she reached out to shake my hand and handed me a little box.
Inside was a small ornament of a red, white, and blue star and a letter which expressed further her and her husbands appreciation for veterans. The thanks was enough, but the letter also went on to say that it was their mission to shake hands and personally thank as many veterans as they could. All I can say is "Wow! That's a terrific and heartfelt mission."
Of course, in the middle of the patriotic atmosphere, you did have bikers. And with that,... I have to conclude with a picture to capture it all. A biker and his best friend.
Ride to the Wall. At first the kids thought I was talking about the Wall at Wings ETC., where if you dare scarf down 16 of the hottest wings on the planet without so much as a dribble from the water glass, you get a snapshot of the 'before the wings reach your lower intestinal tract' picture to be forever immortalized on the wall of Wings ETC.; oh yeah,.. plus you get to scribble out a cool quote on the bottom of the Polaroid,.. something like: Like Living on the Sun.
Anyway, once I got the kids straightened around between hot wings and a motorcycle ride that concludes in Washington DC at the Veterans Memorials, we were good to go. The ride was an incredible experience that I wouldn't have missed for anything.
The memorials that we got to see made the thousand of miles all worth the time in the seat. From the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to Arlington Cemetery, it was one couple that we met while catching a bite to eat at lunch that will more than likely stick in my mind."Are you a veteran?" she asked with a gentle smile on her face.
"Yes I am," I was wearing my Air Force shirt, just in case the next question was 'What branch of service were you in'.
"Well, I want to thank you and give you a token of our appreciation," as her husband stood in the background, she reached out to shake my hand and handed me a little box.
Inside was a small ornament of a red, white, and blue star and a letter which expressed further her and her husbands appreciation for veterans. The thanks was enough, but the letter also went on to say that it was their mission to shake hands and personally thank as many veterans as they could. All I can say is "Wow! That's a terrific and heartfelt mission."
Of course, in the middle of the patriotic atmosphere, you did have bikers. And with that,... I have to conclude with a picture to capture it all. A biker and his best friend.
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