Basketball

3/7/09... To update the basketball season end. Irving beat Hawthorne (I can't remember the score) on Monday March 2 so they had to play Franklin for the champoinship on Wednesday March 4. They lost to Franklin to take second place (and I unfortunately can't remember that score either). And so one sport ends and another begins!! At least baseball is one of our favorites even though it sometimes seems to take over our lives!


Bodie's last 2 (maybe 1) basketball game/s will be this coming Monday. This season has seemed to go by pretty fast. His team has done really well. And Bodie has had a fun time playing. It's hard when they play the same 2 teams over and over and over. They have beat them both and lost to the both of them too. But they have all been good games. I just enjoy watching my son play sports, even if they aren't his best or favorite.






This is after last Friday's game when we beat Hawthorne. Bodie hit a 3-point shot in the 2nd quarter, it was awesome!! After next Tuesday basketball will be done and we will have a couple of down weeks and then start in to baseball.

Pitfalls of working around Humans!

It is so nice in these days of uncertainty to have a fairly safe and secure job. I wanted to say that first because for the most part my job is good! But I can tell you, there are days when I can understand how someone could go POSTAL! Dealing with the public is the most irritating, annoying, dumbfounding thing I have ever had to do. I have worked in a bank, and when people are banking they can get pretty nasty. I worked for a call center for satellite t.v. and those people are totally off their rockers. If you think television is a necessity, kind of like water or let's say, maybe air - you have got some issues. And now I work for the City and some of things that I have heard never cease to amaze me. Just when you think you have heard it all, someone comes around and smacks you with another good one. One of my favorites was a lady who came in and she was in tears because she couldn't pay her bill because she had to buy toilet paper!! That one still makes me giggle. Humans are pretty good at coming up with excuses. The bad thing about this job is it does make you very cynical and you just get sick of the excuses. I can't pay my bill because I have a newborn in the house, (Even more reason to pay), I can't pay my bill because I had to buy dog food - you name it, I have heard the excuse. And I have been told that I have a black heart, and I am heartless, one guy told me he hoped I had kids and that they all starve to death. Anyway, I am glad I have a job, I just wish it didn't involve people!!!