Best of the Best Tardy Excuses

Last week my son and I were going through his old yearbooks and ran across a piece that I wrote in his senior yearbook. I was the school's secretary for many years and over those years heard some interesting excuses from the students as to why they were late for school. Some of the better ones stuck in my memory and for 2002 yearbook I wrote a piece called "Mrs. Vial's Best of the Best Tardy Excuses" and I would like to share them with you;

1) "We had to stop and go through the car wash on the way to school"
2) " We missed our turn because mom was on the cell phone"
3) " My sister took too long in the shower"
4) " My grandmother was too slow"
5) " The horse got out"
6) " I had a hole in my pants"
7) " My mom was tired"
8) " I had to pack this morning for a trip we are going on tonight"
9) " My grandfather took the long way"
10) " It's my birthday"
11) " I was too tired"
12) " I had to have my teeth tweeked"
13) " I don't know why"

These are just some of the few excuses I would hear on a daily basis. These kids were like my own so, sometimes I would give them a break. All of these excuses were true. Of course I would be professional about it at the time, but later the Head of School (Candace), The Director of Education (Whitney), and I would get a big kick out of it! I sometimes felt like their mother while they were at school and wanted to protect them and give them breaks when I could, probably more than I should have. I still keep in touch with several of the students who are now in their 20's and they always tell me how much I was like a mom to them (and still are) and the little things that I did for them meant a lot and that is what made it all worth while! Wonderful memories!

Just A Thought I Had

I just wanted to put this thought I had out there. At night when I'm lying in bed watching TV or trying to go to sleep I always think. Think, think, think! I can't seem to shut down my brain. I have ideas come to me, some good, some bad, some funny. Well, last night, as usual, I started thinking about the sizing of women's clothes. I was online looking at a particular website wanting to order something from a small line of clothing in recognition of Breast Cancer Month. Well, not to my surprise the size range was from S-XL. I'm not in this size range. I'm a well rounded lady so to speak. I wasn't mad at all because I'm used to this, but it did get me to thinking. Who made up these size ranges and how did they come up with the names? I came up with size names of my own last night. Instead of Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, I came up with Super, Marvalous, Lovely, and Extra Lovely. I'm a XXL in most cases and I think that should mean Extra, Extra Lovely and so on down the chain. This to me sounds much more positive! So, for example, if you wear a small and a medium because you are different sizes in somes areas you could say that you are Super + Lovely= "Super Lovely" or Medium + Large= "Marvalously Lovely". Silly I know, but these are the things I think of at night when things are quite. I also think about very serious topics, and I have three that are very important to me, that I could go on and on about these. They are Education, General Health Care, and Health Care/Insurance for the Elderly, Less Fortunate, and Children. These are very touchy subjects so I only talk about them in the appropiate settings. Anyway, getting back to my topic today, I just want people with weight challenges to feel good about themselves. I want people to be positive about this. Things in which I battle myself sometimes.While there are health issues that sometimes accompany being overweight, until people can get to where they want to be be weight wise, I want people feel good about themselves. Who decided overweight people aren't accepted in some circles, why are we sometimes concidered outcasts? We are people with opinions, ideas, and beauty. Ok, let me stop! Here I go ranting and raving again. Apparently I need to add this to this list of my serious topics. Just something to think about!

What's New?

Hi all! It's been a while since my last post, so let me fill you in on what's been going on. I finished Physical Theropy for now which I was going to for a genetic back condition, got 3 shots in my back for pain which usually last about 3 weeks, went to Atlantic City for a few days with my good friend from Atlanta, my husband and I have been helping our son and daughter-in-law move thier stuff into storage, and was able to catch up with one of our son's old friends from high school, who was sweet enough to help us with the moving process. Busy, Busy, Busy! Our son as you know has applied to the police academy and boy what a process! So far he has passed all their tests. First there was the written test, then the agility test, then the background test which took forever, then he got a call back to come in and take a polygraph test. Now we wait some more. The final step if he gets a call back is to meet with the Chief of Police for an interview and if that goes well, he'll get in. I had no idea it was such a long process. If he gets in he'll have to give up his job teaching pre-schoolers which he loves, but this is something that he really wants to do so keep your fingers crossed! I was looking through our son's old year books and I found something that was cute that I'll try to write about tomorrow and I'll also fill you in on my trip to Atlantic City and our son's move. Till then, have a great night!

Remembering The Good Times

Candace, Whitney, Jenn, this is for you!

Yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing three of my pals that I haven't seen in a while. The ocassion was a solom one, but it was good to be toghether again. On my way home I started to think about the school and what great times we had there! I picked up my friend from the airport and when we got home she wanted to rest. I took this opportunity to look at my son's old yearbooks. WOW, did they bring back the memories. As I was going thru my son's senior yearbook I ran across a page where each senior posted a quote and two of them made me laugh, so I wanted to share them with you. Candace, Whitney, Jenn, when you read these you'll say "yep, that's them alright"!

Bailey's quote; " If Jimmy cracks corn and nobody cares, why does he keep doing it"?

Forrest's quote; " Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug"!

It's good to sit back and remember the good times!

I'm Back!!!

Hi all,

Sorry I haven't written anything in a while. I have a back condition and from time to time it acts up and boy has it been acting up. Moving on, my husband and I started Weight Watchers last week. He has lost 5 pounds and I've lost 2 pounds so far. It's a start. About 6 years ago while working at the school I was going to WW and lost about 100 pounds. My friends and former co-workers Whitney and Candace where a huge support to me during this period. Well, over the last few years I have gained it all back due to a medical problem that is now gone, thank goodness, and then eventually overeating again. I love food! What can I say. Anyway, this time next year my husband and I hopefully will have lost all the weight we are trying to lose! Wish us luck and I'll keep you up to date on our progress.

I Told You!

Here we go again! Just after posting my last blog and stating something always happens around here, it did. I went into our spare bathroom and something strange caught my eye. I glanced over to the toilet and I almost fell over! The was a drowned mouse in the toilet! I called my husband on his cell phone and he told me to flush the toilet. I told him I was scared it would glog it up. After a couple minutes of conversation and a lot of laughing, I hung up with my husband and dropped the lid on the toilet, shut the bathroom door, and am leaving it for him to take care of when he comes home from the hay field. How does this stuff happen? We have lived on this farm for over 18 years and I know mice are a common occurance on farms, but this is only the 3rd mouse we have had in the house. I can't believe this! Well, yes I can given all my stories I have to share. I told you something always happens around here! I feel like there should be a movie made about a young girl who came from an upper middle class family who went from a normal, somewhat mapped out life to a woman now living in a three ring circus! I'll take you through that story in another post. It's just too funny! I wouldn't have my life any other way though!

The Battle of the Scales is Won!!

I won!!!! What a mess. As in my previous post you know about my scale issues. My original digital scale was lying, I went and bought another digital scale, and that one wasn't working correctly, so my husband being the sweet guy he is went 8 miles up town to get me another one. As you all know we live in the country about 35 miles from any main city. We have a little town 8 miles away, but has very limited stores as most small towns do. He went to this little store and they didn't have any scales in stock. They called another store in another county and they had one left. Off he went, 25 miles to get a $7.00 dial scale. It works! Now I'm more confident and can focus on my diet again. This whole thing was insane! Oh I tell you, I live in a crazy world. Does anyone else have these experiences or am I just the lucky one? Day after day something funny, strange, or exciting happens in this family. If I could put it all together in some kind of order that made since, I might consider writing a book.