Tel Brief & Congrats to Dax the genius

I am only working every other day this year which is splendid! I am able to have a "regroup" day before every day of school and Tel and I have been able to spend more alone time together which he has named "best buddy day". Tel is in preschool as I have stated before. His teacher had a few students drop out (great habit at so young an age) and she requested to combine her two 3 year old classes so that she had 1 full class twice a week rather than 2 half full classes every week. So he attends school every Tuesday and Thursday for a couple of hours. FYI: His teacher is Connie Weaver and she is AWESOME!! Tel is already recognizing letters and numbers (and the difference between the two) and basic sounds of letters; they are on E now. I am simply amazed because Dax's 3 year old preschool was purely social, academia was tucked in every now and then. Yesterday was one of my days off and Tel didn't have school either so we had an extra long "best buddy day" which was kind of trying on this best buddy because sometimes I need to clean by myself and Tel didn't understand because it was in fact "best buddy day"... Toward the late afternoon I decided to hell with the house cleaning, we were playing more than cleaning, we should read books. Tel went to his bedroom to get a book to read and came back with 2. As I was saying "The End" for the second book I noticed a "what the hell is going on" look on Tel's face. I sat the book down and before I could say anything Tel had already gotten up and started for his bedroom. As he was exiting my room I heard him say to himself "in my mind I was thinking of 3 books". Yes in my mind I think a lot of things that are forgotten when I enter a new room too baby, it's just the way it is.

Dax: this year his teacher has incorporated a "challenge words" spelling test. If a child gets 100% on the Monday pre-test, they study the challege words for the friday test. Dax not only qualified for the challenge words last week, he got 100% on those difficult words as well. He is sooooo going to be my brain surgeon, whereas Tel will be my rocket scientist (those are the smartest jobs in the world right???)

Why???

I didn't get much sleep last night. The last thing I remember "watching" on TV before trying to sleep was the impact of Hurricane Ike on Texas and the memorial that was put up for miners in my state. The memorial is an uncanny replica of each of the miners who lost their lives in the mine collapse last year in East Carbon County. The news coverage showed the families and other people who went to the unveiling. I cannot get the picture of a wife running her hand over the sculpted face of her lost husband. I'm not asking for any doctrination but at times like this I wonder how an almighty loves all equally could let something like this occur. NOTHING CAN BE LEARNED FROM EVENTS LIKE THAT!! The children who lost parents will only learn hatred of companies who do not put forth the extra dollar and the companies will not learn a thing except how to cut checks to clear their name so they can re-open the damn mine. Then there is Ike. So much loss. Nothing could've prevented it. Don't give me the "its in the Bible" bullshit, this stuff has been happening for millions of years and the end STILL isn't here. Here is breaking news: it's not coming, there is no such thing. The only truth is that there is suffering, starving, fighting, dying, cruelty, and much much worse out there and it will never cease. Why are there people in the world who will send millions of dollars to third world countries to aid their needy but forget about the needy on our soil. Why is there billions of dollars spent and American lives lost to help out the suffering on the other side of the globe but no National Guard building homes for the homeless in the USA. There is not much I can do, I do what I can when I can but I get so depressed by these things. Those people who are in disarray due to the Hurricanes: you are in my good thoughts and same to the families of the miners. For that matter: all people who have experienced great loss I am thinking of you and hope for the best. As for offending readers: those who matter don't get offended by me and those who get offended don't matter (a little quote I picked up :) )

Just a Fam Update

Dax had his football opener on Saturday. He plays on the 3rd/4th grade combined team. They got their asses handed to them on a silver platter! I'm usually not one of those moms who make excuses as to why my children weren't the best performers (because I totally realize that football is something Dax has to work at, school not so much) but they played Hurricane and they are a bunch of cheap shooting, mouthy son of a b's. To give you an example: after one of the plays was completely over, a Hurricane player grabbed one of our players and head butted him FROM BEHIND!! The little jerk just got a flag thrown on him--he wasn't pulled from the game. Oh and the parents from Hurricane: they like to yell words that I don't use in mixed company loudly to our coaches and players. IT WAS CRAZY!! Hopefully our boys will do better next game; they really didn't play their hardest but the other shit was unacceptable.
Hubbie, who is the defensive coach for Dax's team, was furious!! He is rather competitive and well, when you lose it isn't good at the Hirschi residence. No "better luck next time boys" from him. I believe I actually saw spit fly from his mouth when he was giving his "pep" talk to the team at yesterday's practice. We didn't get any calls from parents so the kids must be getting used to his over-excitablity (for lack of a better term).
Telly has been sick, as have I. But Hubbie and I want to know: why can't children be as sweet as they are when they are running a friggin high fever all the time. He wanted to snuggle, to just 'be' with Hubbie or me, he taught us how to play Pokemon (even if he showed us in a way that made him win every time). It was great but today the fever was gone and he has gone back to school. Which he is loving. He loves being there, he loves telling people he goes, but he hates the getting ready for and thinking about what he may be missing while he is there. He, too, is very bright but unlike Dax, Telly will probably voice his boredom of school and it will take everything we have to keep him going. Dax is a rule follower: he will finish his school work in half the time and read quietly; Tel is a rule maker: he will finish his school work in half the time and want a friend or 20.
The Hirschi's are all doing well. I know I didn't elaborate on myself this is because my life has been a whirlwind. I am at home about 2 hours every day (other than the 7 at night while I'm sleeping) and my house has been crazy dirty. I need to get back into the preschool, scouts, piano, football, work juggle mode. Hopefully next week.