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New School Year

August 14, 2010 by Dawn Marie

We finished our first week of school, 178 more days left in the school year.  Wednesday was a bear:  copier down, laminator roller full of melted plastic, new wireless network did not connect to my LAN drive making it so I could not get documents I needed, etc.  But we just kept SMILING even if we had to FAKE IT! 

I really enjoyed seeing the students.  Two of my favorite student quotes from the first week: 

A 1st grader was supposed to be counting push-ups for his 3rd grade partner.  When I asked the first grader how many his partner did so that I could record it, he looked up with the sweetest face and said, “A wot.”  Luckily, his partner was counting, also.

During warm-ups, a third grader said, “Ms. Dawn, you look like you have been working out your whole life!”  Okay, so it came from a third grader, but it is nice to have your effort recognized.

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Head ID

August 8, 2010 by Dawn Marie

Two stories of identification by the back of the head:

About 40 years ago, my aunt and mom were driving down the road with my cousin, Mark,  in the backseat.  They commented that the car in front of them was from another state.  My cousin piped up and said, “How can you tell, by the shape of their heads?”

Fast forward to present day.  We are singing in church, and my husband leans over and tells me that he thinks he spots my teen nephew that we haven’t seen much in the past few years.  “The back of his head looks like Josh.”  I wondered how he knew a kid by the back of his head.  He replied, “I ran behind him for a while during the Sam Costa Half Marathon last March.”  I guess it is worthwhile to pay attention while you are running.  If you have read my other blogs, you know that there are about a hundred things on my mind while I run.

Wow, my cousin Mark was a wee boy 40 years ago?!

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Not Disappointed

August 6, 2010 by Dawn Marie

I had a Reese’s mini Blizzard and it was just right!  I can’t eat these everyday, they are still around 340 calories for the candy versions, but when I really want a treat I can eat a mini and feel satisfied, not bloated.  Thanks, DQ!

P.S.  I can ride my bike to our DQ, but I haven’t taken advantage of that, yet.  Then I could feel like I burned some of those calories just getting there.

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New Size of Yum

August 5, 2010 by Dawn Marie

I found out today that Dairy Queen now has a mini-sized Blizzard.  I am so excited and can’t wait to try it!!  I usually get a small dish of ice cream topped with Blizzard ingredients, but it doesn’t taste quite the same.  My daughter had one yesterday and said it was the perfect size.  Now I can have the treat and not feel like there is an inflated balloon in my stomach.  Yea!!

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Trick Cycling

August 3, 2010 by Dawn Marie

My husband and I took a quick ride around a couple of neighborhoods the other night.  We were on the bike path, which crosses several streets entering the neighborhoods. Just before each street, I looked behind me to make sure no cars were turning.  When I saw that it was clear, I would just fly through the sloped opening cut into the curb and across the street to the other side. 

I had my sunglasses on since the sun was shining when we left, but now it was getting dusk.  In the shadowy light, I was having a little trouble with seeing details and depth perception.   I got to one of the last street crossings, looked behind me for cars, and at the last second saw that the path made a short zigzag before declining to the street.  I very quickly maneuvered my bike around the crooked path and down the ramp, narrowly missing a jump off of the eight-inch curb.  My husband, who was behind me, yelled out as he laughed, “I can’t believe you made that!  You should have seen it; that was awesome!”  I wonder what I would have looked like had I jumped the curb.

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