Jacob shakes it Harlem style

If you haven't already heard of it, the Harlem shake is sweeping the nation. If you go to YouTube and type in Harlem shake you'll get lots of different groups with their version of the dance. Murray State has its own version and you can see our very own Jacob in the video. He is front and center kneeling with overalls and a bright yellow beanie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SEY8pC9pXg&sns=em

Jacob has a date

Jacob was kind enough to share a picture of he and his date with his mom. They were headed to either a fraternity or sorority formal. Cute!

I still have ears

I had been thinking about double piercing my ears for a while. Finally after some consideration, I decided that while I was out shopping with the girls at Christmas I would do it. I went into Claire's or Icing (I can't remember) and they wanted $60 to pierce my ears. Being the cheapskate that I am, I thought that was a ridiculous amount and I refused. Someone mentioned that Walmart sells a piercing kit, so we went to check it out. It's true! For $18 they sell the piercing gun, earrings, and care kit. All it takes is a shot of whiskey for the piercer (that would be Martha in this case) and two for the piercee. There was only one uttered "oops" that was a little scary, but 7 weeks later, I have removed my "starter" earrings and I'm ready to go. See being cheap isn't so bad!

Look we found...

There's something about sending a kid off to college that makes you reflect on the last 18 years. Where did the time go, did you teach them everything they need to know, etc. This time of reflection is partly to blame for the boat that now resides in our garage. Scott and I both love the water and always planned on getting a boat but our summer baseball schedule never allowed time for it. Of course we will still be playing baseball this summer, but these boys need to know how to ski, back a trailer into the water, and tie a knot. How are those for excuses? Lol

Can You Imagine?

Can you imagine being a teenager and your parents come home one day and say, "Pack up your belongings, we're moving to another country."  In this new country, you barely understand the language and cannot speak it at all. 

At school today, the junior class logged into the computers to take an online writing assessment.  This is a mandatory state test that all student in the junior class are required to take.  One of our math teachers walked a student to the test site.  As the student entered the site, the teacher approached the test administrator and said, "She speaks NO, absolutely NO english".

Now, I don't know anything about this family...illegal, legal?  Who knows?  This isn't meant to be a political post.  Mostly, I couldn't stop thinking about this poor high school girl who can't understand her teacher, can barely do her schoolwork, and can't make friends due to the language barrier.  What a lonely place that must be.

Jared and I spent the evening at a gymnastics meet watching his girlfriend compete. This girl is amazing! She is a level 9 gymnast (level 10 is Olympics).

Talk about strength...and I don't just mean physical strength. We saw a girl stand on one end of the beam (that's gymnast speak for balance beam), prepare for her dismount...round off, back handspring...one foot misses the beam and she face plants hard on the ground. There wasn't any crying or hand holding. Her coach asked if she was okay, she nodded, hopped back on the beam and attempted the same dismount...round off, back handspring, back pike with a twist...she lands it!! Incredible!

Even more impressive? We left the gym with Jared knowing that if she wants to, Rachel can whoop him. Lol. He didn't say it, but it was understood.

Pep Rally Festivities

We had a pep rally this afternoon to get all the students hyped up for the big Coming Home game tonight.  (Coming Home is basketball Homecoming except reversed--instead of crowning a homecoming queen we crown a coming home king)

One of my favorite things about working at the school is the opportunity to attend pep rallies.  Call it fond memories from my youth, but I sure do love a good pep rally!  During our pep rallies each class competes to win the title of "Most Spirited".  They earn this title by having the most participation, yelling as a unified group, and taking 1st place in a class vs. class game.

As I stood enjoying the festivities today, I see Jared and a fellow junior walk to the center of the court to participate in the class game.  Groups of two were lined up at mid-court...freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors.  The announcer yelled...on your mark, get set, go...one member of each team (this was Jared from his team) proceeded to put on a pull-up baby diaper, run to the end of the court where they had to eat an entire jar of baby food, run back to mid court, where his teammate was waiting to carry him baby style to the finish line.

That's right, the juniors won!! There's nothing like seeing my grown son running around in front of the school in a diaper.  LOL