Life is what you make of it. You can sit around and wait for tomorrow, or you can start living in today.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

15 Years...



It seems like yesterday. I was working at Charlie's drive-in and this really nice, fun guy would come in everyday for the lunch rush. I didn't pay much attention because he didn't say much. He always had dirt and grease on his face and clothes because he knew how to work hard. He scared me a lot the first time I met him! I wanted my friend to run him over if that's what it took to get away! (It was dark up on the mountain and I was scared anyway!)
It was Christmas break and I wanted to show my friend Rachelle some of my friends, so we went over to the "pink house" to see who was available to play cards or go to the movies. Jason and Brandon were sitting at the kitchen table, getting all spiffied up for a "night on the town". He was clean!! He wasn't in the middle of a work day!! He looked good!!
They decided to go with us for the evening. Jason tried to dunk my 4 year old sister's head in the snow! ( She's on a mission now...woah, I'm getting old!!) He was so nice. Was it possible??
After getting blown off during Christmas break at my Mom's, I came back to school with a new attitude. Could that be the reason? My heart was finally free?
I had to go and pick up my "little buddy" for a class that I was taking, and I was scared to go to the "little Tijuana" trailer park to pick him up. I stopped by to see if Jason would go with me to get him. He said yes. That's when I fell in love!! He dropped all he was doing just to help me. He was so giving and selfless.
He took me on a date to the battle of the bulls in Salina, Utah with his little sister in tow. I was impressed. He was the peace maker. He is the oldest. He was the protector.
We watched the bulls. We danced the dance. He kissed me on the cheek and said that I looked really nice. The rest is history.
I fell head over heels for this really nice, fun guy that used to hang out at Charlie's Drive in!
I'm so lucky that I found him, and that he had the time to find me.
I love you Jason, my "scary" biker stud!! Thanks for taking such good care of me for the last 15 years! I hope the next 15 will be just as fun and full of adventure!!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

princi-PAL...

So, yesterday my boss told me that I had to go and look at something, so I followed with naive intentions. When we got to the boys bathroom, we saw wads of wet toilet paper all over the walls and ceiling. I thought, in my naive way, "I wonder if Mckay knows who did this? This is his bathroom after all."
I went and took Mckay out of class and took him by the hand and started to walk towards the bathroom. As I opened the door I asked him if he happened to know who may have done this and he stated, rather proudly, " Yeah, that's the one that I did, right there, on the wall!! Isn't it cool!"
I tried not to laugh, but it took all I had! I asked him if he knew that this wasn't appropriate behavior. He didn't get it. I asked him if he did this at our house, what would probably happen? He stopped, gasped, and said, "that was bad, huh!" It was like I could see the light click on.
I gave him a giant squeegee and had him knock the wads off the ceiling and then the walls, and then found out that a first grader did the bulk of it, so I gathered him up as well and made them pick up the wads with their bear hands. They did not like that one bit!
After they got everything cleaned up, except for the heater vent, they proceeded towards the Principals office to get yet another "talking to".
I looked through the little glass window at a 7 year old and a 6 year old sitting across the desk, so patiently waiting to see their punishment. Oh how sad. Oh how funny!!
After school, when dad got home, mckay started to tell his story. I walked into the other room and heard, "Dad, you should've seen it! It was HUGE!!" "Awesome!!"
Wow, I definitely have one "just like me someday". I love the "apple tree syndrome". Now I know what my parents must have went through. I just hope that my little apple's will finally have "one just like them someday" too!! Ha-ha!!!