October 15, 2005

• Home again, home again, and what a perfectly lovely day for
  football!  We had been praying for great weather for Bulldog’s
  Day, and we certainly had it!  James went to the field (which is
  maybe one mile from our house) at 7:30 am. I took Michael at 10:00, and
  the rest of us arrived for the day by 10:50. 

  Lest you were wondering, Bulldog’s Day is the big event for our
  football league. All the teams play at home, there are lots of raffles
  and special things, and it’s generally a great time.  We were up
  against Bellefonte, who are a pretty good group of opponents. 
  However, in every game, the mighty Centre Bulldogs came out as
  winners.  Yea! 

  I got to work the concession stand, a job I enjoy, but BOY was I
  busy!  For two hours solid, the line was at least eight people
  deep. We sold out of so much that it wasn’t even funny. Instead of
  nachos, we were reduced to selling Fritos covered in cheese sauce.
  Mmmm… makes you wish you were there, eh?

  I have a huge list, as usual, but it’s “huger” than usual.  I’ve got lots to grade, but I had planned to watch A Knight’s Tale
  with the older boys tonight as sort of a “fun” Chaucer study. 
  Yes, I know there is an unclothed bum in one scene, but it’s a guy bum,
  so I didn’t think my guys would care. I don’t remember any “heaving
  bosom” stuff, but I’ll be holding the remote in case such a scene
  should occur.  But first, I have to prep for Sunday School as I’m
  substitute teaching the 4th to 6th grade class tomorrow.  It’s no
  bunch of lightweight Bible students I’ll be up against, so I’ve got to
  make sure I’m prepared.

  I have to go through the kids’ school checklists. I just have way too
  much writing scheduled for each day.  I am sure none of them will
  complain when I cut some of it and replace it with some quizzes and
  things like that.  It just seems as if they spend 50% of their
  school time in writing, so I think I’ve got too much scheduled. 
  David, for example, is required to write about 1,600 words per week.
  Michael clocks in at about 1,200. I think I’m making my kids write more
  (in word count) than I’m making my AP class write.  It’s time for
  a change!

  We have Bible time (almost) every school day. I’ve been reading a
  biography of Adoniram Judson to the kids (which is quite good). 
  When I read on Friday, we heard the tale of how a widowed young doctor
  who did cataract surgery in Burma (where Judson was) accidentally
  blinded a Buddhist woman during an operation. He felt so awful about it
  that he married the woman “on the spot” (as the book said). During our
  prayer time, we were all praying for Rachel’s upcoming operation on
  Thursday (to help correct her misplaced/misfunctioning ureter flaps
  between the bladder and kidneys) when David said, “Lord, help the
  doctor to not slip up when he’s operating on Rachel so he won’t have to
  marry her on the spot.”  If it hadn’t been the middle of prayer
  time, I’d have been rolling!

  I just wanted to close with a thank you to those who read my missives
  who are non-Xanga folk and can’t reply.  Becky, Katie, and my mom
  all get a big hello! (Those who reply are doubly-thanked, of course!)

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