Diary of a Crossing Guard, power of positive thinking edition

It's going to be 74 today here in balmy north central Texas. So despite the 48-degree temps this morning with drizzling rain and gusty winds, one dad is ready for later: new convertible, top down. Winter, perhaps, is only a frame of mind.

Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day ???

I would rather melt through a thousand Augusts than freeze my tutkus off through 1 windy and frigid December day. I am going to need warmer EVERYTHING than I currently own if I'm going to make it through the winter and the brutal winds of my crosswalk.

John Wesley's Covenant Prayer

I felt inspired to set John Wesley's Covenant Prayer to this awesome (creative commons licensed) picture this morning...now, it's not just in my heart, it's shared with all of you! <3 span=""> Have a blessed day!

Changes...They Are A'Comin'!

Warning: vague-booking ahead!

I've had an opportunity on my heart for a while now that would represent a fairly significant life/work change. My brain and heart have battled out this scenario ad nauseum. Today, I "took the plunge" and put out my ...

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The Sickies Have Invaded!

I have a super power: going to the doctor for one reason and getting a diagnosis far different.

This morning, I had a 3-month followup at the neuro to check progress on my migraine and trigeminal neuralgia issues. *That* part went well, with only a ...

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KonMari and Kids

Anyone else caught up in the wonderfulness of KonMari? Look at the kiddos' shirt drawers after refolding! Phenomenol, no?

Catie and Karate

So my Catie girl got to use her karate in the real world today, apparently.

As relayed to me by the principal, a boy in her grade was chasing her and her friend, pretending to be an evil clown and pretending to shoot and stab them. Cate apparently ...

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But You Don't Look Sick!

My chronic/autoimmune illnesses are mostly invisible - just like many of you. I've shared this before but it's worth posting again because this is truly the best explanation I've seen to explain constant illness to people who aren't also sick. We ...

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How God Created Animals - Funny!

Stop. Stop whatever you are doing and go see this site right now. You'll die laughing!

Twitter Reveals How God Created Animals

Watch My Sermon!

In better news, I was blessed to be able to deliver the sermon at my church yesterday for the second year in a row for United Methodist Women Sunday. My topic was "3 Lessons from Godly Women of the Bible." I didn't know it was being recorded, but it's now up on the church website if anyone is interested in listening to it. 

http://www.riveroaksumc.org/sermons

Sharing Sad News

There isn't always a great way to share bad news, other than to simply put it out there.

Two weeks ago today, my husband filed for divorce. Today, he is preparing to move out. We anticipate this process to take the next couple months to ...

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Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day, uh, Something

You know what's worse than cars disobeying the flashing red lights and stop signs on a school bus?

Having another school bus ignore it. Seriously??

Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day 12

This morning brought 3 hugs, 1500 pedometer steps, 1 pair of shoes to be tied, the breaking out my first aid kit for the 1st time to treat a big owie, having a very nice woman pray over me, 1 car ignoring the school bus' red lights and stop sign, ...

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Police Department Answering Machine - Funny!

Hello, you have reached the ____________ Police Department Voice Mail.

Pay close attention as we have to update the choices often as new and unusual circumstances arrive. Please select one of the following options:

- To whine about us not doing ...

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The Real End of Summer

I don't care what the seasonal or school district calendars say: the last day of summer is and always has been Labor Day in my world and mind and heart. 

It was the last hurrah day down at our condo on the Jersey Shore, the last day of endle...

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Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day 7

"Other duties as assigned" includes:

-Tying Shoes
-Zipping Backpacks
-Trying to enforce the "no pedestrians in the staff lot" signage

Interesting snippets of overheard conversations today:

#1
Mom: Did anyone poop their pants?
Son: Not yet this ...

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Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day 6

I chatted with a new-to-Texas mom this afternoon and she expressed how thankful she was that temps would be going down "soon" since it'll be fall in a couple weeks. Had to break it to her that "fall" in Texas is, uh, not really a thing. High temps continue, as far as the meteorologist can see! Poor thing...moving to Texas when it's blazing hard can be a pain!

Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day 4

There are just some wonderful parents and grandparents who walk their kiddos to school, and seeing their fabulous smiles makes my day.

On the flip side, 3 cars disgorged their kids onto Burton Hill, 1 into opposing traffic. Slightly better than ...

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Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day 3

I recently shared some observations with a few others on Stupid Human Tricks, School Drop Off edition. Thought I'd share them here as well.

1. If a sign says "no pedestrians," it's not just there for funsies.

2. Red light means stop. This has ...

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Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day 2

Texans are friendly. I've lived here 14+ years and always like that reminder.

Completed my fingerprints scan this morning, part of my onboarding. Digital fingerprint scanning is...interesting.

Compliment of the day: "well aren't you just the ...

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Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day 1

Diary of a crossing guard, day 1:

So I'm officially the crossing guard at the kids' school. Fun!

Day 1 included getting numerous kids across the street, 5 hugs, a billion good mornings, tons of smiles, 2 bottles of water drunk, a comment that ...

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