Posted 4:01 PM by brad
Sorry I have been absent. It`s been a hectic week what with going back to work and keeping an eye on my wife. She is getting stronger each day. We are counting carbs to help control the diabetes. It`s facinating to read nutrion labels on everything. I wonder why we eat some of this stuff. Just because it tastes good I guess.
Work was terrible this week. Lots of mail and a variety of weather conditions. Today was cold and rainy. Uck- I don`t like it.
We had a scary thing at our high school yesterday. A student threatened to kill 3 people. It was one of those boy/girl things. For a while no-one could enter or leave the school. The kid was taken away by his father and there was no evidence of a gun. I personally know the parents of the girl involved an they are terribly upset. They had known that she had been threatened the night before so they kept her home from school. The authorities are kind of blowing it off. "He`s no threat" they say. Well, this kid has been in and out of trouble for some time now, so I think the threat was real. By the way, he`s in 10th grade and she`s in 7th. She looks older. Her parents also say that she needs to take part of the blame for getting involved with him in the first place. They may end up taking her out of school and home-schooling her. I wish I could do that with my kids. The shape our schools are in is atrocious. The kids can, and do, do just about anything they want to do. Making out in the hallways is not uncommon. The teachers don`t say anything because the kids will just tell them to go screw themselves. We have a new principal who is trying to change things. She has strengthened and is enforcing the dress code.No bellys showing etc. I hope it works.

Posted 7:33 AM by brad
Back to work tomorrow. I get to start an hour early. There will be lots of mail. Today is a holiday. Columbus Day.
Jean is improving daily. She is getting used to giving herself the insulin injections. She is being very careful in what she eats. It`s really surprising when you start looking at the nutrition information on food packages. We are concentrating on total carbohydrates. I am amazed at the amount in some foods.
Rainy and cold this morning. Predictions are for much cooler temps this week. Probably get our first frost. Other parts of the state have already seen a frost but we haven`t yet. We are in the Champlain Valley which stays a little warmer as we are near Lake Champlain. Bristol is about 15 miles from the lake.
Time to get the kids to school. No holiday for them.