North Championship

Novice Girls won. Sarah was 9th. Emily was 10th. Novice Boys won. JV Girls won. Claire was 10th. JV Boys won. Daniel and Varsity Girls probably did pretty well too, despite the rain. We left early because of it. There are a lot of happy kids, parents, and coaches from St. Bonaventure tonight.

Book Scavenger

I started Book Scavenger at Oblock. Some teachers are participating by hiding, but no kids have found any to my knowledge. They may not even be looking. Now that they are all using their email, I may be able to communicate better than simply making announcements at lunch. It's more personal in a good way too like Jesus's relationship with us should be.

Emily "wins"

Emily "won" her first race today. She beat all the first and second grade girls in the race with her, but I think it is the kind of race where the boys and girls aren't scored separately, so she won't get an official win because some of the boys did beat her.

I don't know if there's a winner of the first Presidential Debate between Trump and Clinton. Claire and I stayed up to watch the first segment on taxes. She didn't really understand it, but wanted to watch them argue (and they did).

Signing

With my voice gone for the last few days, I've had some interesting interactions. The best by far was at Pizza Hut. I came in when an older lady was already at the counter, so I sat down on the bench to wait. She turned around a gave me a look. I didn't think much of it, but apparently she did. She came over to apologize for giving me the evil. I tried my best to say it was fine, but I had lost my voice. Once she knew I lost my voice, she told me how her cousin was born deaf and taught her some sign language when she was little if I wanted to learn some until I got my voice back. I politely nodded my head and she taught me the three most important swear words I should know in case I really wanted to swear at someone before I got my voice back! Normally, I would repeat back what I was being taught to make sure I got it right, but this time I just signed "thank-you" - a sign I knew already - when it was time to get my pizza and go.

No sub

I called off for today early yesterday, so the school could ask the same sub to come back, but Mr. Paris already had another job lined up, so it will be a different person today. Some good news (related to this illness) is I got to my goal weight of 143. 143 is special because its digits represent the number of letters in the phrase "I love you."

Work Days

I actually went to work Tuesday and Wednesday, but lost my voice by the end of Wednesday, so the things to offer up to God continue.

Sick Day

Sarah was sick Sunday and I got sick Monday. That's just something else to offer up to God if we bear it patiently.