Monday, September 03, 2001
I didn't get anything posted Sunday, because the day went inexplicably bad about mid-afternoon, so I just rode it out and figured today would be better. Which it was, much.
The cracked bins of sales goods I discovered Saturday turned out not to be totally ruined--in fact, we only lost a handful of so-so books. Could have been MUCH worse. Got a satisfying amount of work done, and then fulfilled my promise to MIke to take him swimming for the last session of the summer. At least today (unlike yesterday) the pool was OPEN because the lifeguards bothered to SHOW UP FOR WORK. Mike made some cutting remarks yesterday about them "not doing their duty"!
Speaking of Mike, during his homework time he dictated a story to me. Here it is:
Mike's Colorado State Fair Job
The Colorado State Fair is in Pueblo. I am running the ride called Ring of Fire. My friend Kelby is running the Sea Dragon roller coaster. It goes up and down, and a hard turn too. And up up again and down again and stops at the station.
I am starting my ride. I push the green button and make it go. It starts going upside-down and upside-down again backwards. Again! The track is still moving. The roller coaster stops at the station.
The people like it. They love that Ring of Fire because it goes upside-down.
The sun went down. It's night time. The lights start coming on. On the Ring of Fire, the lights blink in circles over and over.
****
If you wonder why I think this is such a great piece, you can learn a bit about Mike by going here:
http://www.neonnurse.com/aug1999.htm
It's all in the third (bottom) story on the page, Our Friendly/Family Boy
The cracked bins of sales goods I discovered Saturday turned out not to be totally ruined--in fact, we only lost a handful of so-so books. Could have been MUCH worse. Got a satisfying amount of work done, and then fulfilled my promise to MIke to take him swimming for the last session of the summer. At least today (unlike yesterday) the pool was OPEN because the lifeguards bothered to SHOW UP FOR WORK. Mike made some cutting remarks yesterday about them "not doing their duty"!
Speaking of Mike, during his homework time he dictated a story to me. Here it is:
Mike's Colorado State Fair Job
The Colorado State Fair is in Pueblo. I am running the ride called Ring of Fire. My friend Kelby is running the Sea Dragon roller coaster. It goes up and down, and a hard turn too. And up up again and down again and stops at the station.
I am starting my ride. I push the green button and make it go. It starts going upside-down and upside-down again backwards. Again! The track is still moving. The roller coaster stops at the station.
The people like it. They love that Ring of Fire because it goes upside-down.
The sun went down. It's night time. The lights start coming on. On the Ring of Fire, the lights blink in circles over and over.
****
If you wonder why I think this is such a great piece, you can learn a bit about Mike by going here:
http://www.neonnurse.com/aug1999.htm
It's all in the third (bottom) story on the page, Our Friendly/Family Boy
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