September 7 – “A Shotgun in the Attic”

OK.  Let me get this out of the way first.  I got a call from Kel today.  Seems they were having some work done on the eaves of their house when the guy knocked on the door and asked if they had a shotgun in the attic.  Of course the answer was no.  Or so they thought.  He had just found one when he cut a hole in the wood.  Kel was excited.  They ran upstairs to see what mysterious old shotgun and loot from an old bank robbery they could find.  Or maybe an entire cache of weapons.  Or a skeleton in the attic.  It would be hard to tell, see, because their insulation is made up entirely of packing peanuts.  Yep.  Those white peanut shaped pieces of plastic mush cover the entire floor.  And who knows what else, now.    They found the gun.  It was actually just the metal piece.  They couldn't find any of the wood part.  But the metal piece actually worked.  Looked like it had been freshly oiled.  He looked it up online as best as he could.  Looks like it was made sometime in the 30's or 40's.  Probably by Montgomery Ward.  A classic mail order, untraceable weapon.  They didn't spend too much time diving in the peanuts, looking for other treasures.  But that, as they say, could be a story for another day.   I managed to wade through a lot of stuff for school today.  No, I still won't be nearly "ready" for tomorrow morning, but it's going to happen anyway, so let's go with it as it comes.  I met with the new English teacher.  She is definitely a Godsend.  She even likes the idea of my Individual Study class.  Good thing.  I need a lot of help.  The kindergarten teacher was back and feeling better.  She and her daughter set up their room and made some pretty big changes.  Funny thing is, the changes were what we recommended when they first started working.  The other elementary teacher will probably spend the night at the church getting ready.  The art teacher can't be here this week.  His other job has him opening a new store out of town and he doesn't get home until after eight.  That'll need a Plan B, but I have no ideas at all for that one.  At this point I'll be happy to get the opening assembly planned.  Anybody remember the Pledge of Allegiance?   The big news is obviously about Chris' Mom.  The St. Luke's doctors confirmed that her heart is now functioning at only about a twenty percent capacity.  There is a ream of other information that I heard about from Chris on our way home from Houston this afternoon.  Stuff about chemo and "the heart is a squeezing pump" and what family members think about what is going on.  We won't know any more prognosis stuff until they hear from a cardiologist.  She was keyed up big time.  We went straight to Kel and Christina's for supper.  He fixed gumbo, and Chris needed to eat something substantial.  We were going to bring home the dogs, but I decided to wait.  That would just be one more thing for her to think about.    Psalms 11:4 says, "The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne."   Father, make that throne over at Seaside Christian Academy tomorrow, please?  Amen.