Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Homecoming Week

It's Homecoming Week at the high school and to say that the kids are a little bit crazy is understatement. Every day is another theme and the costumes are getting more and more interesting. Tomorrow, for some God-awful reason, they scheduled school pictures. Like this week hasn't been weird enough. Then tomorrow night we have a bonfire scheduled, then on Friday, the Homecoming Parade and the Football Game.

The bonfire tomorrow night has me cringing in my boots. The Weather Service is calling for rain and that would be wonderful. Lightning, sideways rain should put a damper on that nonsense.

As for the big game, I'm praying for rain there too. A gentle, tropical rain with no lightning. Lightning would cancel the game and they'd reschedule on Saturday. No, just a steady, half-inch per hour downpour would be wonderful. The crowd would stay home and it would be easy to clear the parking lot after the game.

They've got a dance scheduled for Saturday night and I frankly don't give a crap. I've got two deputies paid to work the dance. I hope that they have a safe, enjoyable detail. Of course, if they have to use pepper-spray on the assemblage and call for all available units, that would be okay with me too.

Regardless, I'm getting up Saturday morning and going hunting even if it hair-lips the Pope and every cow in Texas.

Last year, I begged the Principal not to schedule anything on the last weekend of October. I also talked to the Athletic Director and asked that they keep this weekend free. To no avail. Some folks think that there are more important things than the opening weekend of the deer season. Folks like that shouldn't be trusted with our children's education.

5 comments:

Termite said...

LOL. Spoilsport.

Does Buckeye have homecoming on the opening weekend of deer season? I know they practically shut down school the Friday before squirrel season opens.

Rivrdog said...

Folks like that would be ridden out of town on a rail in the rural parts of this, and most agricultural-oriented states.

There's a little too much 'Nawlins has crept into your Pineville gummint there, PawPaw.

Anonymous said...

I feel your pain. btw it is snowing in Amarillo this morning where I am working and has been much of the night. Pavement is to warm for accumulation but this area will take precipitation anyway it can get it,

Ben

Anonymous said...

Once upon a time, it used to be said that no UK government minister was available on August 12th for anything less urgent than a declaration of war.

(The glorious twelfth is the first day of the grouse shooting season).

Happy hunting!

Denis

sis in law said...

I can smell the biscuits and bacon cooking now! We will see you at the camp after the hunt paw paw! Hope we have something to "brag" about!

sis in law