LeeAnn and I went to a PTA meeting on the night I arrived because there was some major administrative drama uncovered at her sons' school earlier in the week. She is the Treasurer of the PTA so she had to attend and based on the extent of the drama she shared with me, I thought something exciting might happen at the meeting so I tagged along. When we walked out to the garage I realized I had lost another friend to the world of minivan drivers. Boo. We arrived at the school just before the meeting started and to make a long story short - the board fired the headmaster at her sons' school after a short 5 month stint in his role. No details were being shared other than the fact that no child was ever in physical or emotional danger while he was in his role. I was surprised by how calm all the parents were at the meeting since they had very little detail about the circumstances surrounding his departure. The school's attorney did most of the talking and we left the meeting with no additional details about the firing, but did feel confident the school was doing everything in their power to make a smooth transition for the kids. I made LeeAnn promise to let me know what really happened when it actually comes out. I'll be sure to update the blog when that happens. :)
Another one bites the dust - my view from the back of a minivan!
When we all lived in Winston-Salem we spent many of our nights playing Spades. Of course, we had 4 people living next door to each other during those days which made it easy. We decided to play 3-handed Spades when LeeAnn and I got back from the PTA meeting. It wasn't nearly as challenging (or funny) without our usual 4th - who shall remain nameless - but we had a great time and laughed so hard I got a sore throat. There's nothing like old friends. Nothing.
We filled our time together with shopping at small boutiques, enjoying meals at local restaurants, going to the movies, taking in an art show, going to the playground and going to her gym. It was so fun! On Friday morning were heard the news that Hostess was going out of business and I was immediately plagued by the thought I might never be able to enjoy their coconut crumb donettes again. LeeAnn and I went on a hunt to buy up all of the Hostess goodies we could find. Believe it or not, it took us 4 stores to find a single Hostess product on the shelves. The clerk at the store told us people had been coming in all day buying Hostess products because of the news they were going out of business. The way I see it, there are so many preservatives in most of their goodies that what we each bought will never go bad. I don't even think I need to put them in the freezer. Since I've made so many changes to my diet and exercise routine I'll have to pace myself on enjoying these goodies.
The combined loot from our hunt for Hostess goodies
Garrett's birthday was November 6th and LeeAnn's Dad bought him an iPad mini for his birthday. It arrived while I was there and we had a grand time getting it setup, downloading Minecraft and watching him test out FaceTime for the first time. It's amazing to see the way children get excited about things. It's a reminder to enjoy life every day. I have certainly been doing that these past 2 1/2 months and am so grateful I've had this opportunity.
The drive back to Atlanta takes around 6 hours, so I hit the road early on Sunday morning. I was sad to leave, but looking forward to getting back to my house and solving the mystery of my missing mail. Details on that next post.
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