Thursday, November 20, 2008

An Odd Volunteering Day

I went to school thinking it would just be an ordinary day of doing misc. things. I started out going through photo orders, cut out Christmas decoration for the front office, moved on to laminating, and ended up decorating the library. It only had this pathetic little tree and a few ornaments (the PTF stole the rest because this librarian wasn't too into decorating). We did our best! We found a little nativity set and set out some other Christmas items in the children's section. Analia enjoyed pulling books off of shelves and talking to people coming into the library--she was a huge distraction!
THEN we went to a pep rally. Our older team's basketball season was over--so they had a little session to celebrate. Analia who usually loves all the students was very clingy--she wouldn't let them hold her and when one of the Korean boys put Mickey Mouse ears on her head she froze, stared at them, and started crying. There was quite a crowd around her! The pep session started off with a little relay race and then moved into a spam eating contest. Matt participated, but wasn't much help. He kept gagging. Then the teams talked. Then was the grand finale--a wrestling match. Now I knew Matt was partcipating. He and his teammate had been quietly laughing all day. They wore these tiny shorts and kids shirts that barely covered their bellies. They also bought high socks and Matt wore a mask. These two who are almost 40 took on two younger staff in their early 20s. I was sure we were going to have to go to the chiropracter that night! But, Matt didn't tell them that he had really wrestled and surprised the young ones. Several of the staff noted a shocked look on the wrestlers as Matt flipped them over.
After this momentous event we went back and cleaned up the library. As this was our anniversary we tried a kebob place. The only had chicken left, but I would like to try their beef. It usually sells out at lunch. Then we walked home--it ended up taking us about 25 minutes--a nice walk!
Fred and Betsy you should be proud of you son--he's putting his wrestling skills to good use--entertaining high schoolers.

Sorry the pictures are so blurry--I didn't take them!! He's the one witht he long hair!




1 comment:

Meg said...

Oh, man, Analia's face in that last picture-- too funny!