wacky olympics revisted

deery-lou.
back in the days when i attended teague middle school we had something called wacky olympics. wo was held every year of middle school. although by the time i was in eighth grade it seemed to be losing its bang. i think wo came to its final demise shortly after i left middle school. wo was broken down by grades: sixth, seventh, and eighth. it was a day of competing in "wacky" style olympic games. the teams were according by homeroom. each homeroom came up with a "wacky" name for themselves. one year i believe my team was called dzurus's drumsticks. we made our shirts by drawing on t-shirts. no fancy ones for us. the events included relay races, egg races, tug-o-war, etc. i'm sure you get the picture. at the time i hated it. thinking back on it now it was fun. although during the 3 years of middle school my homeroom never won.

why am i talking about this now? well, on thursday i went with christine and anna to an elementary school where some of our students attend. they were having physical education games. similar to that of the "wo" without the wacky events. they had races where the students had to jump a huddle, tumble on a mat, and then race to the finish line. students were awarded 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place stamps. there was also a jump rope contest, where six students jumped at once. for entertainment the 1st graders did a dance. it was quite cute. i saw several of my students there: jeffrey, charlette, jordan, caroline, alex, and brandon. towards the end they had a running race with some of the moms. now that was classic. that was followed by a tug-o-war with the parents. as i stood there and soaked it all in, it made me think of the "wo". part of me wanted to join in. but i didn't. i spoke with a couple of the moms. one told me that i was handsome, while another had said i lost a lot of weight. its great to see how dedicated the parents are in their children's lives. we never had parents at the "wo". then again they probably weren't invited.

of in the corner near the entrance of the school there was man selling various small creatures: bunnies, mice, chicks, some other kind of chick that was yellow and black and very tiny, and a chipmunk. it was kind of sad. for one thing the very tiny chicks are only 10 cents. so you know what that means. they have a life span of 3 days or something. one of my students brought one to class the other day. we named her "chirpy". sadly when i asked about chirpy the following day she was on her death bed. the students didn't seemed to be phased at all. most likey cuz they can turn around and buy another one for a dime. i felt like buying them all and setting them free. wouldn't that be funny. they all looked so sad. well, except the mice. they appeared to be having a ball. all the chicks were chirpping non-stop. it was just strange to see him selling animals at the school. i don't think that would fly back home. i'm glad i got to experience the big games. its the little stuff like this that makes life grand.

today [friday] was children's day. so that meant no school. yeah for children's day. especially those of us children in our 30s. spent the day being lazy. watched numerous tv shows. oh, and i did manage to clean my bathroom. i'm so productive. on a different note. i am now addicted to cold noddle soup. i've been having it for lunch all week. one word: yummy!!!

be fresh. be childish. be well…