wow

i can't believe it. first grade is gone on a field trip and they didn't reorganize the day so that 1st grade teachers would get their conference period. when kinder went on their field trip the kindergarten teachers complained to the ap that they needed their conference period so she flipped them and 1st. that is a no no because of special ed and all, but they gloated in the fact that they got a conference period that day. why do you need a break on a field trip day? i mean it's not like you are teaching, and you have parents to help you at the zoo. so my hat is off to the 1st grade team here. you gave me a whole 55 minutes so i could blog.

huge blunder at church sunday. i typed the word "done" (or so i thought) into the media shout, but my computer guys told me that it was spelled "d-o-n-g" how's that for spell-check. so i hope none of our 14 new families who visited were offended. no one was laughing uncontrollably, so i guess they just glossed over it.

the anniversary service went really well. we sang "on the way down" by ryan cabrera which is a really cool song, and closed with "hand of the potter" by caedmon's call. i brought my friend ron in to do the congas and timbales and hand percussion. i wish i could get him to come every week. he is amazing.

man here i have this time to write and nothing to write about. i guess i could list funny things amy and i saw on our trip to galveston.

1. very large couple sitting on the beach. he with crack showing. she wearing a string bikini top and the string was in a fold so it looked like she wasn't wearing a top.

2. lady unloading the contents of her stomach on the floor in a corner booth at the lounge we were at. it kept coming and her friends just sat there. i would have so cleared out.

3. same lady getting into a bentley as we drove by later. i'm sorry, but you puke, you walk.

4. walking by the kon tiki lounge just to see if we were right....we were.

5. homeless guy walking by with a luggage strap in his hand saying, "i've got myself a brand new bag of tricks"

6. walking on the beach saying to ourselves, you know this trip would be complete if we saw a large dude in a speedo, and there he was.

7. little kid playing harmonica continuously, and i think he followed us into every store we went into on the strand.

8. the mardi gras museum. it's a room folks. woo hoo.

9. the bride walking down the sea wall with her much larger bridesmaids as uncle sid videotaped them with his circa 1991 camcorder. i mean come on. uncle sid said he would do us a favor.

10. oh yeah this isn't funny, but the best food on the island is at "the spot" you have to try the fried pickles. what was funny was the two little old people with the new mexico lobos hats on that sat beside us. i guess they were from new mexico.

anyway. i'm sure amy can enlighten me on things i forgot, but hey some of those are pretty funny. i wanted to make a list like i do when i watch an awards show, but i didn't.

have a great day
chuck