school

To borrow a quote from Christopher Nolan's movie The Dark Knight, for kids dreading a return to school next week, it was the discovery 'they deserved.' According to a report in the Sioux City Journal, a worker installing a new phone system at a high school in George, Iowa, east of Sioux City, discovered a colony of bats in the ceiling...

Despite the flu, I'm muddling through... and apparently have taken up poetry. 1 - It will feel more like late September or early October than August the next few days. Sunshine will dominate the next two days, with showers on the docket for Sunday...

The weekend is near, and the temps today will be summer-like. 1 - We're starting with a pretty mild morning and temps will continue to climb to a forecast high of 75º once the clouds clear. Rain is on tap for the rest of the weekend though...

I will preface this blog post by stating that I have the utmost respect for the teaching profession. I cannot begin to imagine what it is like to wrangle 30+ kids for 7-8 hours a day, 5 days a week for 40-some weeks a year.  I, myself, am enough for myself to deal with on any given day...

The first day of school is always filled with anxiety. That's something this boy couldn't hide.