Ok a lot has been happening besides my 47th birthday.
Slew of celebrity deaths
Atlanta Braves woes
Schoolteacher wishlists/budgeting
All-Star weekend in Gaffney
Many celebrities have passed on this week along. Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, and now Hulk Hogan and Chuck Mangione. I feel like my childhood has been compromised from the grief standpoint. Mercury is already in retrograde again.
My Atlanta Braves are just going through it. We have 5 pitchers on the DL, bats are cold and just keep losing. Question now is should the head manager go now?
I caught some heat on last week regarding the schoolteacher wishlists that some teachers post. I made the comment about teachers not budgeting properly and whew doggies social media came after me! Listen now and read with understanding: I have given to these wishlists, I'm actually given a bushel of used books to a schoolteacher tomorrow. I also actively participate in bookbag and school supplies giveaways. I don't judge at day's end. However tenured educators know this is their thin season. I'm ok with them having fun and unwinding. It's the classic case of buying champagne on a beer budget.
This weekend is one of those out the year that is like a holiday weekend or WU Homecoming to me: the All-Star alumni basketball games in Gaffney. It's a full slate of basketball, fun, food trucks, games, giveaways, etc. I'm coming off of one of our busy seasons to work and I cannot wait.
Stay tuned next week when we hang out on the deck after my work trip to the ATL!
