Wednesday, May 08, 2024

Re-Write

 An actual post on a social media site:

Dean said that the Gaga ball pits were crowded at recess because the supervisor of student shutdown the soccer field due to the 6th grade boys deciding to play tackle soccer.  Dean says he does not go to the field because they are the most likely place for fights.  I was never a middle school boy, and I both enjoy Dean telling me about his life and as the same time do not.

It's hard, though not impossible, to read.  Let's see if a bit of punctuation helps. (I've added some editorial content to try and tie together facts which seem disconnected from each other.)

Dean said, "The Gaga ball pits were crowded at recess, because the Supervisor of Students shut down the soccer field".  The 6th grade boys had been playing 'tackle soccer' and I suppose that even though the Supervisor has the power to shut down the field, he utterly lacks the power to keep boys from playing too roughly.  Dean has already been avoiding the soccer field, since that's where fights happen.

I was never a boy and didn't attend a middle school, so I enjoy having Dean tell me about his experiences.  On the other hand, as his mom, these kind of stories put me ill at ease. 

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Thursday, May 02, 2024

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I should have had this in 3 but I spaced-out that I had a C.

Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Best Laid Plans

 I used to drive to Whidbey Island sometimes for drill weekends--there was an airlift from Spokane--but I almost always drove when I had an ATD.  About half the time the ATD was held at NAS Whidbey Island, so it made sense to have a car, but the other half of the time, it still made sense--there might be an air-lift there but not an air lift back.  A lot of the time, I took Steven's pass or the North Cascades pass because, while I-90 was fast, it dumps into I-5 much further south than the other two.

On my trip over for an ATD where we'd be flying to Key West, I stopped at Grand Coulee Dam and bought a post card.  My plan was to send it to my folks, from Key West, with the message--They have one of these things out in Florida too!

I was too busy while in Florida and forgot to send the card.

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