Nik called me The Man on Saturday night. I’d rather be The Dude. Alan calls me dude. Not really anyone else. Nik rationalizes that I am The Man because I am a teacher, an authority figure. I’ll be a father soon and that makes me The Man too. But I feel more like The Dude. … [Read more…]
7-10 band is coming together nicely. Our spring concert is May 26. Our primary cut is a piece called Distant Thunder of the Sacred Forest. Lots of rhythms, in fact I had to pull 2 wind musicians to play percussion. It sounded great today. We had our summer tires put on today. It’s been raining … [Read more…]
Way up high. I remember the feeling when “The Wiz” ended and family and friends surrounded us on stage and everyone was laughing and taking pictures. It was the same tonight. The kids did a bang up job. Kudos to Nic (director) and that sexy pregnant prop mistress. I played guitar during intermission posing as … [Read more…]
Amber and I visited CUC for the first time in 4 1/2 years. It hasn’t really changed at all except for the dozens of ugly houses built on the campus and all the torn down ones. I did enjoy visiting with so many old friends (Ian, Mandy, Ravi, Kara, Bob, Chanda, Rhanda, Des, Debra, Daryll, … [Read more…]
My junior boys team made it to the finals and rocked the other team to the point a parent and the coach of the other team were screaming at the ref (a high school student). If only I was there. So our boys got silver, much better than the shame the gold medalist team now … [Read more…]
God blesses. Wife satisfies. Health remains. Music uplifts. Brothers challenge. Sisters encourage. Job rewards. Students enthuse. Dreams stir. I could only ask for more time to enjoy life.
We have been accepted to rent an apartment in Spruce Grove this fall. It will be smaller than the huge place we have now, but that will give us the opportunity to shake some of our materialistic headspace in exchange for a simple home. We know we will only be in Spruce Grove for one … [Read more…]
Saw Napoleon Dynamite. The anticipation was as good as the movie. I hope Garden State is as good. I made apricot sorbet tonight. It’s pretty sweet. Amber is really impressed with it, and really, that’s what matters. I faxed my contract to Living Waters Academy this afternoon. We are moving to Edmonton. I am a … [Read more…]
It is so good to be done work. Well…. I still have to type up my report cards, which I will do quickly in the morning. Jobs go fast when I’m almost finished. My 10 year high school reunion is coming up next weekend. I’ve been thinking of shaving down to a moustache for the … [Read more…]
I gave a challenging but fair exam to my grade 9s this morning. They are a great bunch of kids. The student council president, Joe, calls our school the United Nations. In grade 9 alone I have students representing Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Trinidad, Haiti, Ghana, United States, Iraq, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Korea, Sri Lanka, … [Read more…]