Day 1400: Halloween

Steve was out working on sets for the MS musical so I had an entire day of quiet to work on the book.  He had emailed all the parent volunteers on October 22 to let them know when and where to report. They had the whole day to complete the sets.   Not one parent responded and none of them showed up to help.  Seven kids came for the morning including four very dependable high school students.  But he spent the afternoon working alone.

Interesting.  The show will be over at this time in three weeks.  How do people think all the work gets done?  Why on earth are they depending on a volunteer whose youngest child is nearly 32?  When our kids got involved in an activity, we made sure to volunteer our time to assist.  What has happened to parents?  Fifty kids in a musical and not one can show up to help?

OK. Rant over.  He's happy building and working with kids.  The work is getting done.  I just don't understand why people don't fulfill their promises and support their children.

I spent the morning finishing the editing of two chapters:  Routes and Field Sanitation.  The new chapter consumed the afternoon.  I've decided to call the three schools our partners instead of satellites.  It's far more appropriate.  The rest of my time was spent on Ripley, Brocton, Silver Creek and Cassadaga as case studies of how partnerships happen.  This is a bit difficult because I have to provide guidance to future schools who wish to expand their programs.   We learned as we went along and maneuvered through the process as things came up.

Day 1400.  I never anticipated writing this blog for 1400 days.  Lately, I have been considering dropping the blog, but I think I have to finish the book first.  Simply recording the progress has acted as both motivation and validation.

Halloween.  Why do people make such a big deal of this day?  Only nine kids came to the door, two freshmen, a few middle school kids, one lone girl of about eight and a toddler with a runny nose.  WE had purchased a bag of 60 pieces of candy and I do not want to eat any of it!  Needless to say, I didn't get out to walk so I have no new photos today.  The coming week promises to  be lovely, so we should be able to walk many miles.

I took this shot of the Rockefeller addition earlier this week.  It's almost totally enclosed now and ready for interior work.  Next week is supposed to be in the 70s so they should be able to finish before the harsh winter strikes.