dining table

When I remember to do it, I feed these two cats. Christy, the one looking at the camera, is the mother of AJ, the one with her head in the bowl. The neighbors actually named them and care for them. I provide a snack and the occasional head rub. Christy's right ear bends down because of a bad case of ear mites several years ago. I don't know if it affected her hearing. (Are cats able to hear? They don't act like it!) BTW Christy and AJ are the names of my adult niece and nephew who live out west. Coincidence that these cats hang out here; there are plenty of other cats around who have tried to take over, but they lose.

It has rained for the past 2 days. The football game was not cancelled or delayed. And we lost. Fridays are busy days.

Rain?

As I left work today, at around 4:30 due to a drama club meeting, this cloudy sky greeted me. When the weather is hot and dry people look forward to thunder, lightning and rain. I know the grass in front of the school looks quite healthy. It is frequently watered.
It is now many hours later and still no rain. Later tonight maybe; tomorrow for sure. Will the football game be cut short or, OMG no!, cancelled? We'll see.

BIG-- football

To begin BremondDailyPhoto I needed something BIG to go with the CDP theme. Not much of anything is large in size so I had to think of BIG as importance instead. And the biggest thing in small town Texas is Friday night football!
This picture was taken today after the girl's volleyball team won against Snook. Football practice had ended. Once the boys are done, they attend what's left of the volleyball game.

This field is about 12 years old. The school is one year newer. Some day I'll have to take a picture of the old school.

Catching Up

Ok, it is September 1st and I am finally updating this blog. I've been busy.

I returned to Texas from Pennsylvania with my mom on the 12th of August. Wonderful ride, we never got lost, no gas over 3.99 a gallon. So far so good. Then we arrived home...

The A/C was on, thank you Cara!

But the following things did NOT work: the telephone, the computer. Cell phones have poor reception here on the outer edges of the black hole of cell phone reception. Which means communication with the outside world was rare.

Work began- 8 days of in service. No problem.

Mom returned to PA via Killeen/Fort Hood airport. No problem.

I tried to fix something on my work computer... Big problem. It is now stuck in 'safe mode.' It is 'safe' from ANYONE trying to do ANYTHING to it. My bad.

Internet at my house- not working. Computer is DEAD. No life at all. Internet does not work with the laptop either.

Oh, yes- a power line was hanging in a tree and laying across a roof. But I had power.

Entergy fixed the powerline. Embarq fixed the telephone (their wiring is as old as I am, so this was NOT my fault.) Embarq also sent me a new modem. And I got a router. Desktop computer is kaput. Maybe my house got hit by lightning just hours before I returned home. That's my guess.

School started on the 25th of August. I like my schedule at the moment. Once someone ends up in ISS or AEP, not so much. (I'll be in those rooms one period a day.)

But, despite all the problems, I have to say life isn't too bad.

Then Friday happened.
The first home football game. Our opposition was a nearby town. And I swear EVERYONE in both towns came to the concession stand for food! It is 90 degrees outside, and about the same inside where 4 people were working- including ME!
Didn't I spend 6 and 1/2 years in college, earing two degrees, so I wouldn't have to work in food service???
The sophomores are still raising money for prom so we had to work. Thank God one parent took pity on us and sent her son in to help! Several other students eventually helped including a freshman who was the only kid who spent the whole night in there!

I got there at 6pm and left at 11:20pm.

Ain't life grand!

Oh yes, one other thing; the last Friday before school started we had lunch at school provided by one of the teachers and her husband. Typical barbecue fare: sausage, beef, potato salad, ranch beans, tea and dessert. This was the BEST beef barbecue I have ever eaten!