The "baby" of the family is 18 today! WOW! I wonder what he and his crazy friends have planned for tonight. Yeah, tonight Wednesday. That kid never misses an opportunity to party! And he deserves it. He studies hard (well as hard a spoiled rotten teenager does) and works even harder. He has a great head on his shoulders and luckily doesn't get into any trouble....he knows I would take him to jail for even the most minor thing! Lucky for him I won't be on police duty tonight and hopefully he won't have to start dropping names and get me called into the captain's office! ;-)
I remember the night he was born...it seems just like yesterday! The next day I had a 35 page term paper due in American History. I was in the 11th grade...wow it sure has been a long time. In the weeks prior to the paper being due, the teacher repeatedly stated that under no circumstances would late papers be accepted. But the night before it was due, my whole family was at the hospital with Mom, welcoming the latest addition to our family into the world! I didn't have time to finish the paper....yes I waited until the last second to wrap it up...I just had a few pages and the bibliography left to complete....Shoot me! At class the next day we had to go up one at a time to turn in our paper...when my name was called I told her I didn't have it finished. It was if the Earth had came to a screeching halt! I was told to see her after class. I was in BIG TROUBLE! She started off by telling me I received a zero and the paper was worth 35% of the class grade. That meant that my A- was automatically an "E"...failure. I was terrified as in the US the 11th grade grades are the most important set of grades universities look at when they decide whether to accept an applicant. I saw my future quickly evaporate. After I explained to her what had happened and showed her the 33 pages I had completed, she was ok with me turning in the remainder the next day. I lucked out big time!
So J-lo(as I like to call him), as you turn 18, I don't want to give you any wise advice...you'd probably give me that glaring stare or probably just ignore me anyways. I think though some of my words get through to you...or at least I hope so! Of course we have our discussions as I like to call them, we sometimes cheer for opposing sport teams, sometimes I kick your @$$ at H-O-R-S-E and sometimes we get upset with one another and play that silly silent treatment game for a few days, but deep down we both know that we can pick up the phone at any time and know that someone who genuinely cares will pick up the other end. I know that no matter what and wherever we are, we will always be there for one another. And I know that although many years separate us, we are great friends and will always be. Happy Birthday Bro!
7.5.08
6.5.08
0 for 3 and We're 0-1
Our first softball game was last night...went into extra innings...well, just one extra inning, but the sun was coming down quickly.
I batted horrible, and so unlike me. I guess I must go to the batting cages this week. I had 1 SO (strike out), 1 FO (Fly Out), and 1 FC (fielder's choice) to end the 5th inning. Pathetic. But I did have a MARVELOUS catch that I tracked down like a cheetah running down it's prey. It was simply, amazing. The other team even congratulated me on it! But my efforts with the glove were not enough to push our team to victory as we fell to a record of 0-1, with the score ending up 11-10. We just didn't capitalize on our MANY opportunities. Bone-headed base running, and walking 3 straight batters.
Next Monday we'll come out and redeem ourselves. I am wearing eye-black for extra toughness!
I batted horrible, and so unlike me. I guess I must go to the batting cages this week. I had 1 SO (strike out), 1 FO (Fly Out), and 1 FC (fielder's choice) to end the 5th inning. Pathetic. But I did have a MARVELOUS catch that I tracked down like a cheetah running down it's prey. It was simply, amazing. The other team even congratulated me on it! But my efforts with the glove were not enough to push our team to victory as we fell to a record of 0-1, with the score ending up 11-10. We just didn't capitalize on our MANY opportunities. Bone-headed base running, and walking 3 straight batters.
Next Monday we'll come out and redeem ourselves. I am wearing eye-black for extra toughness!
5.5.08
HE ASKED, SHE SAID.............
YES
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J.R. figured his prom proposal had to be one-of-a-kind if it would have any chance of being accepted.
But the high school senior never imagined it would result in a suspension for himself and 12 of his varsity lacrosse teammates, whom he recruited to help spell out the message at a school soccer match via their derrieres.
The players displayed the question, "Will You Go To The Prom With Me? Yes or No?" on their posteriors while mooning the senior gal at her game.
She said yes. If I were her parents, there is no way I would let her go with him. I don't care how nice of kid he is.
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My little brother, although not as, shall I say, dumb...kindly requested that the athletic director ask his potential date via the the stadium public address system if she'd like to go to the prom with him....in the middle of her lacrosse match. He was standing behind her with flowers. Talk about confidence! And he's just 17! (Note to self, I need him to give me a few pointers). I am happy to state that his proposal didn't make the front page of the newspaper (like the other kid's story) or result in a suspension. BTW, she said yes, but he knew that all along. I mean imagine the fallout that would have come from that had she said, "Um...I am already going with *****" or "NO!". When you got it, you got it! You go with your bad self, J.
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Now comes the more scary part. My brother has been asking me about helicopter rentals and if I knew any one. Yeah, a helicopter!!! He states that concocted the crazy idea a few months ago. He was thinking that if he was going to the prom, he wanted to make it memorable and he didn't want to just rent a limousine or borrow a friends convertible....he wanted to arrive at the country club in a helicopter! Yes, he is nuts. But you have to admit that is classic. No one will ever forget that.
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Now I've been critical of those weddings in Amman that seem SO over the top, but these HIGH SCHOOL proms are getting to be just like those. What ever happened to getting her a corsage, going out to dinner, and dancing the night away!
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J.R. figured his prom proposal had to be one-of-a-kind if it would have any chance of being accepted.
But the high school senior never imagined it would result in a suspension for himself and 12 of his varsity lacrosse teammates, whom he recruited to help spell out the message at a school soccer match via their derrieres.
The players displayed the question, "Will You Go To The Prom With Me? Yes or No?" on their posteriors while mooning the senior gal at her game.
She said yes. If I were her parents, there is no way I would let her go with him. I don't care how nice of kid he is.
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My little brother, although not as, shall I say, dumb...kindly requested that the athletic director ask his potential date via the the stadium public address system if she'd like to go to the prom with him....in the middle of her lacrosse match. He was standing behind her with flowers. Talk about confidence! And he's just 17! (Note to self, I need him to give me a few pointers). I am happy to state that his proposal didn't make the front page of the newspaper (like the other kid's story) or result in a suspension. BTW, she said yes, but he knew that all along. I mean imagine the fallout that would have come from that had she said, "Um...I am already going with *****" or "NO!". When you got it, you got it! You go with your bad self, J.
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Now comes the more scary part. My brother has been asking me about helicopter rentals and if I knew any one. Yeah, a helicopter!!! He states that concocted the crazy idea a few months ago. He was thinking that if he was going to the prom, he wanted to make it memorable and he didn't want to just rent a limousine or borrow a friends convertible....he wanted to arrive at the country club in a helicopter! Yes, he is nuts. But you have to admit that is classic. No one will ever forget that.
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Now I've been critical of those weddings in Amman that seem SO over the top, but these HIGH SCHOOL proms are getting to be just like those. What ever happened to getting her a corsage, going out to dinner, and dancing the night away!
2.5.08
1.5.08
I Bleed Maize and Blue!
Great Job Coach J. Me and Jlo are proud of you. You went out and got us two great QB's for the 2008 recruiting class and Sam McGuffie wouldn't have come without you staying on to coach him. Hopefully I will see you in a few weeks and we'll get to chat about these new developments! Do I smell National Championships!?!?!?!
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