...Freak Out

On a daily basis, there are horrific accidents reported in the news. But never so close to me as this one. I could have been there.

According to the news today, a 14-year-old boy from Colorado fell off the pedestrian bridge at the Arena on UT's Campus last night.(Wednesday) This bridge is about thirty feet in the air and has chest high railings/walls on all sides.

According to my co-workers who were there at the time of the accident, said "child" jumped over the railing, apparently he thought there was ground on the other side....so he jumped.
Now two fractured arms later, he is realizing his mistake.

He is an extremely blessed little boy, as he could have landed in the middle of traffic instead of on the sidewalk.

I was pretty freaked out as I worked that same area tonight,(Thursday) I spent a lot of time trying think through why i was feeling freaked, and to calm my self down. But I kept thinking....

What if I had decided to work overtime LAST night
What if I had been the one to witness him go over the edge
What did the kid think once he realized there was no ground on the other side
What did his parents think as they watched their child plunge over the side
What if another child goes over the edge tonight
What if he had died?

All I can say is...Parents? Watch your kids..not matter what age.
ESPECIALLY when you are 3 stories up!
Cause I  can totally see my 13 year old brother doing something equally stupid.

UT Football

Today starts the football season for UT.

The only reason I know that is because, I had to be at work on a Saturday because of it. That would be today.

I have never been a sports fan, it just never even crossed my mind, to have more than a passing interest in it..if that.

When I was younger, it drove me crazy when my father would listen to the game on the radio on the way home from church; probably because I couldn't understand what was going on, and there was always a lot of background commotion.

Who cAreD?

The most fun I had with sports was rooting for the opposite team my "brothers" were on.

Until today.

When there are over 100,000 people, dressed in orange streaming toward a stadium, you have to find out at least a little as too why they love it so much.

Since my work was done quickly I went out and hung out at the parking garage with one of my co-workers, watching the unwashed masses swarm toward the stadium, and also try to park on our level of the parking garage.

Once the clock struck 12, I headed for my car, updating my status to say: GO Western KY. Because all I'd heard that day was how bad the Vols had been etc..etc..

Upon pulling out of the parking lot, I found myself reaching toward the radio dial, and turning toward the radio that was broadcasting the game....

And LISTENING Too it. Until it ended about an hour ago.

This my friends momentousness.

But I had to see if I was right in rooting for WKY. Don't worry about halfway into the 2nd quarter (<--see football talk), that I switched back to the Vols and hung with them until their victorious end.

That was fun! (probably because I was in the comfort of my home, and didn't have to work traffic or the stadium, one of the benefits of wearing a skirt!!)

...did I just say that???????

Normal...what is that?

Normal is something that hasn't happened...since probably at least May.

June was probably the worst month for me to start working on my 101 -N- 1001, Especially the things that I wanted to do on consecutive days.

*NOTE TO SELF: Never start new habits before you go on Vacation* Which was awesome btw!

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So on those things I'm restarting them. And since no day is better than the present, I'll start today of course :D

But back to my normalcy topic, July brought a whole new ball game of things and situations that I haven't ever been through before. New Job, actually putting into practice all that i have studied over the last two years.

2 service dogs in training, something I thought I could handle, and I can, but its not a simple as I thought it would be. :D These two dogs are both at the complete opposite end of the spectrum, and I have to remember that when dealing with them together.

And now I am sitting here trying to recreate a new sort of normal for myself and pups. Not an easy task I tell you! As everything takes 4 times as long as it used to! I can't just leave the house and go visit friends, I can't stay out all day if i want too, if I do, I'll have to spend at least an hour exercising, another 10 minutes feed, 15 minutes grooming, then to add vaccuming, picking up whatever was destroyed, cleaning accidents if I was stupid enough to leave them loose while I was gone...yes I'll be mostly ready for motherhood I think.....

But back to my schedule/normal making......

For me, schedule making is an art form, and isn't something I can come up with over night. In order for it to work for me, it takes.....a while to say the least.

I gotta make sure its something I can feasibly do, without completely wiping out my current habits....cause habits are very hard to break. As I"m sure you all know.

And Fall will bring a lot of new situations my way: 1 School.

Ugggh not a subject I want too talk about just yet, but it something that needs to be done. I'm only going to attempt 1-2 classes this semestoer....both online if I can help it.

2. Church Activities
Our church host sort a church convention, in our "yard" (its ratha big) for about a week in September. In the past we've not lived here, and traveled over....heh. This year...its going to be right in my front yard. I don't know how I'm going to manage with my 3 dogs, and no where for them to exercise etc.

3.Graduation
So somewhere in between school, and UT, we have another WSD graduation coming up, and sitting here right now, I can't see my way through it. Which is why I'm not God, and I really should just sit down and shut up about it, but its always looming on the horizon; naughnting me. I know some how it will work out, but wow I know the month of September is going to be CRAZZY!!

And this all brings me back to one thing.....Normal? What is that???

"Life is a series of adjustments."