It's been a little over a month since I began my new REAL job, driving the school bus. So far I've mostly enjoyed the work, and I get to do that really cool bus driver wave to my fellow drivers, and I've had my first almost emergency situation when a couple of students on a hiking trip didn't come back with the pack, and it was stormy and rainy and windy and the daylight was running out and we were way out in the country and the kids didn't have food or water or adequate clothing for long outdoor exposure...but the "Chuck Norris" of school teachers went out (after two energetic students had also gone out, not come back yet, but smartly made a loop from one trail out and another one back in about 45 minutes...well done!) and found the two missing students on a side trail by blowing a whistle, which was about all you could hear because of the wind, all the while I was able to speak with the dispatcher by radio and communicate the situation to which forces were being contacted for search and rescue, when after about an hour after the teacher went looking, here they come around the bend, everyone's okay and they simply took a wrong trail but weren't injured or in need of medical care, and all the people were greatly relieved, including myself, my supervisor, the principal, and the district superintendent. Anyway, so far, so good.
Fiddle lessons for my son are slow in getting started. I'm trying to keep it fun by playing Star Wars music and other things he recognizes, but it's uncomfortable learning to hold the thing, so I will limit the lessons to five minutes at a time for now. I hope he will learn to like playing, but I think it will be a long term process.
The great American novel is coming along well. I am not a full-time anything, let alone author, but my progress has become more steady due to the waiting time I have on the bus trips I drive. Since the games or tours usually take at least 3 hours, that gives me time to advance the story a little each week, so as long as I stick to the task, I think I can finish the book, and you will be updated on this subject as the months roll on.
Someone is really checking out my Criddle page this month, so if it's you and you're reading this, I've got another Opossum in the works, and I'm currently working on the neck. It will be outfitted with persimmon, and I'm going to call it "Carpe Didelphis".
So long for now.
Fiddle lessons for my son are slow in getting started. I'm trying to keep it fun by playing Star Wars music and other things he recognizes, but it's uncomfortable learning to hold the thing, so I will limit the lessons to five minutes at a time for now. I hope he will learn to like playing, but I think it will be a long term process.
The great American novel is coming along well. I am not a full-time anything, let alone author, but my progress has become more steady due to the waiting time I have on the bus trips I drive. Since the games or tours usually take at least 3 hours, that gives me time to advance the story a little each week, so as long as I stick to the task, I think I can finish the book, and you will be updated on this subject as the months roll on.
Someone is really checking out my Criddle page this month, so if it's you and you're reading this, I've got another Opossum in the works, and I'm currently working on the neck. It will be outfitted with persimmon, and I'm going to call it "Carpe Didelphis".
So long for now.