Quick - this line is from what song? no - I won't tell you - 10 points to the first person who writes me back and has it right! I don't know why that popped in my head. As I said before - don't plan anything in Belize especially if you are working at Holy Cross school. I feel like this - I am after whatever the other life brings - I better be because every day here feels like another life.
I got to school this morning after my very long walk down the beach and found that I was in charge of channeling the children through the dentist who is volunteering this week. There is a team their to offer dental services and another team of 10 folks from Danville, California. Both groups did a lot of work today! The group from Danville has four professors (biology, chemistry, physics and chemistry) among others with lots of talents! Everyone is tring to get our new library organized. Carol (from Penguinos) is going to volunteer to be the librarian for awhile. Anyway, all that thinking ahead from last night - forget it.
I did check on the children from last week in between getting children for the dentist. All is well with most of them. Remember the one who needed shoes? We had some new shoes brought in by the new group. We found a pair to fit him. He came in the office and tried them on and said he liked them. He left with them on...a little while later I was in his classroom and he had his old shoes on. I leaned down and whispered "why do you not have your new shoes on? do you not like them?" He looked down and whispered back "I want to wear them new in the morning. I love my new shoes." I told him that was a good idea. He looked so happy. He also told me he got beat this weekend. I didn't find any marks though. He is so little.
Another little boy that I am worried about did not come to school again today. If I can tear away tomorrow, I have to find him. Another little girl's mom has left for the states and she is always pulling the silent defiance bit on the teacher. Of course she said that she does not miss her mom - as her eyes were welling up with tears - but she did not let the tears fall and got it together very quickly - not thinking I could tell anything was wrong. One little boy (5 years) is having problems falling down and also has problems learning. I asked him to walk across the room to me and when he got there he just fell into hugging me - reward for me! I could go on but won't. I am tired and need to be at the school at 8:00 a.m. love y'all,
and whoops I forgot to make you jealous - I ate fish at the Reef tonight! guess they know me now for sure - I walked in and they had my coconut rum and pine ready for me by the time I reached the table. You won't believe me but that is my second rum drink since I have been here -both at the Reef - When I got here and the guys at the reef found out that i would be here for five months - they bought a big bottle of cococut rum! I better get there more often, eh?
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I don't know the answer to the song question, but I can confirm that you can never plan anything at Holy Cross, because something else will happen first. :) Have a good week--I am back to the office today. :(
ReplyDeleteare you talking about the line in Lucille by Waylon Jennings?
ReplyDeleteSo, are you gonna give us the answer? (BTW, Coach, Waylon wrote it, Kenny Rogers sang it, and now it is in MY head, KIm. Thanks a lot. :)
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I remember it on the records. Seriously, mom had all the Kenny Rogers records. They would ring through the house on Saturday as we clean the house. Most likely why I guess the line
ReplyDeletei believe the name of the song is "Lucille" sang by Kenny Rogers, Waylon Jennings, and the latest Billy Curringotn.
ReplyDeleteNot fair i wasn't the first one to read the post. Oh well...blog points don't have real numerical value anyways
Then you clearly have more of a life than Coach and I do, Shack. :) Actually, I believe the prize Kim intended was a round-trip ticket from the city of your choice to San Pedro. Who is Billy Currington? So, did Waylon write it or just sing it? Or did Kenny write it and sing it first?
ReplyDeleteBilly Currington is a somewhat new singer..he sings "Good Directions" and "Must be dong Something Right"
ReplyDeleteas for who wrote it I'm not sure, only thing I can find is on Wikipedia...and we all know it's not that much of a dependable reference, it reads
""Lucille" is a popular song recorded by Kenny Rogers. Written by Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum and produced by Larry Butler, it tells the story of an unfaithful wife and mother. It became Rogers' first major hit as a solo artist after leaving the successful Country/Rock group The First Edition the previous year. An international hit, it reached #1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top of the UK singles chart in June 1977, Rogers’ second single to top a sales chart on that side of the Atlantic."
ha now who has a life...
Ben gets the 10 points for the most complete answer. David and Susan get 5 for trying! love ya,
ReplyDeletethis is crap....I knew it way before any one else without the interent...I am a musical wizard. I get all 20 points
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