Monday rambings

I've been bothered by a sinus headache and stuffy nose the past few days. In fact, I felt pretty yucky at school today, but for whatever reason, I am feeling better now than I did all day. How weird is that? But I'm not complaining!

I had fun this evening putting a new song into the computer for Middle School Chorus - one of our Jr. High festival songs. It's called Chariot Comin' by Sonja Poorman and it is FUN!! The kids are going to love it.

Destiny's uncle was found guilty of first degree murder today, and according to Enid's very tearful phone call this evening, has already received the death sentence (although on the news they are saying that his sentence will not be decided until tomorrow morning.) Perhaps she is just assuming what they will decide - I don't know. Destiny is still here tonight. Obviously no one at that household feels up to childcare. I have no idea how one would ever feel up to anything in their situation. If only tragedies like this would be enough to cause every teen to want to stay in school and choose friends with goals and listen to their parents' advice.

We had a tornado drill at school today, which seemed rather appropriate after the devastation I saw on the news from tornadoes this weekend. At least I wasn't the only one kneeling in the hall this time. A few years ago we had a fire drill, but I thought it was a tornado drill. So I went out into the hall and knelt low against the wall. Boy, I've never heard the end of it - we're having a fire and I'm kneeling down, praying about it! But it turns out, the joke was on them. They really did ring the wrong bell code, and I was the only one who listened carefully enough to notice! Since then we've installed an intercom system and we have various code names for different potential situations.