A day off

As you can tell, I haven't been on here since late Tuesday night. For the first time since a summer family vacation last year to Wisconsin Dells, I went a whole day without logging into here to write or post something. I truly took the day off. I didn't spent a minute doing anything work-related on the computer. In fact, I ended up spending many hours glued to the DVD player watching Season 4 of 24. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_(TV_series)  I made the mistake to think I could just watch the first two hours of Season 4 and then move on to something else. Nope!! That show is too addicting!! The end result was me getting a full day's worth break from work, which truly hasn't happened (not even on a day like Christmas day) since the first few days of last August.

I'm not sure how many people will read this, but I really want to share thoughts I had this morning while turning in a yearbook order at the B-B-E elementary school office. I noticed my former 4th grade teacher, Mr. Lundquist, walking down the hall with a couple students. He is a regular substitute teacher at B-B-E elementary who I've known since 1987. (Boy do I feel old!) We are truly blessed to have his experience, knowledge and compassion for students available long after he retired from being a full-time teacher. (Not sure when that was, but I think he started teaching at Brooten elementary in 1971.)

I just barely overheard him talking to the student to his left, and I honestly don't even remember exactly what they were saying. What stuck with me was how he was talking, how he asked questions and how he replied to what the student said. You couldn't help but notice how genuine and authentic he was. In today's fast-paced, technology-driven world, too often that type of human interaction seems to be missing.

Luckily it's not missing at B-B-E schools. Literally every day of the week I see or hear the actions and hard work of the staff (and I mean all staff from janitors, teachers, administrators, coaches, paras, cooks, etc.) and am overjoyed that our children can attend school here. If your family doesn't live here, or if your children aren't going to school here, you're missing out...just my humble opinion!

With that said here's a shameless plug for 24: Live Another Day ! http://www.fox.com/24-live-another-day/