Two Seasons

They say there are two seasons in Minnesota: winter season and construction season.

And construction season has definitely started...roads closed, ramps closed, freeways being clogged with equipment....closed on some days, open on others. You get the idea.

But construction season is here and rang in today...95 degrees today! (Just a couple weeks ago there were threats of snow!) And I'm kind of thankful for the humidity picking up because I'm not being shocked every time I get out of the car. Actually, kids were staying inside after school because it was "so hot" outside. And while it was 95 and slightly humid, when I finally got outside, I didn't think it was actually that bad. Where I come from, it could always be 105 on any given summer day.

Graduation is this week and graduation parties have already started. I was invited to one last weekend. For those who have invited me to grad parties, I have bought This I Believe, which I learned about from Linda who gave me a copy for Christmas. I've been reading it myself and found it to be inspirational with words of wisdom. So I figured, it would make nice graduation presents for seniors.

Tidbits by Thomas: I chaperoned the End of the Year/Yearbook Dance last Friday, and a good number of the kids asked me to sign their yearbooks. And especially for the seniors I taught in religion last year, I felt like i had to put something relatively meaningful. One of them, a golfer, I came up with on the spot: Life is like a golf ball. They have good holes and bad holes. They have divots to be more aerodynamic and fly better. However, sometimes the ball bets marked up with scratches that take away from the design. So keep to the good marks, and you will go farther in life.