Everything is going to be all right

Reality check time.  My junior high group this year is a group of perfectly normal teens.  Mostly skater (sk8r!!) boy types who on occasion will bring their skateboards on the bus and have learned to hand them over to me for safe keeping or face a long cold walk home.  Some wear tight ripped jeans (rumor has it they shop in the girl's section), have long hair with bangs, mostly harmless lads who just wanna skate and have fun.  Last week I observed (bus driver lingo) a few of them on a pond near the bus stop.  I scolded them and told them that they had no idea how thick the ice was yet.  And I did not want to fish them out before my morning coffee.

Flash to this past Friday evening a 19 year old fell through some ice in a town near mine.  The current dragged him to the middle of the pond trapping him...his body was not found for two hours.  He was gone.

Flash to this morning, of course me being a mother (nag, "I told you so") I asked if said skater boy had heard the news.  He said yes...thought for a moment and said, "yeah but that ice was deep, our pond is only 2 feet deep!"  WOW!  the young!

So cute yet so stupid!

Also, the bus Gods have been pleased with me, I no longer am doing a alternative school route, I now have an extra 2 hours break in the afternoon.  Yippeee!~

*** we are driving to Florida, my hubby used to drive over the road and we once made it to Los Angeles in 36 hours, we will be leaving Christmas evening & heading home on January 4th***

I am open to any J-land meetings!!

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• #9 Comment from suzypwr 
  2/16/08 1:29 PM | Permalink

  I wish we could have met up in Florida, but it wasn't to be this year! Maybe next time?
  
  xoxo
• #8 Comment from barbpinion 
  12/19/07 8:26 PM | Permalink

  Kids!!! Wonder if we were ever that bad, Rose? LOL
  Bet you're counting days till you leave for Florida. Will pray for safe trip.
  Take care of yourself but have lots of FUN.
  Love you much,
  Barb- http://journals.aol.com/barbpinion/HEYLETSTALK
• #7 Comment from helloimkara 
  12/19/07 9:59 AM | Permalink

  Lets hope the all too wise boy dosen't test out his theory ha!  Have a wonderful time in FL!
  
  Kara
• #6 Comment from queeniemart 
  12/18/07 7:38 PM | Permalink

  i hope you have a safe and blessed trip there.....that is very sad about the 19yr old losing his life.
  XO lj
• #5 Comment from tpiez4me 
  12/18/07 4:48 PM | Permalink

  Hey Rose!!  I hear we may be meeting ya!  Great!  
  Sharon