Last week my family received a Christmas tree, decorations and a gift card to Walmart. We were nominated by the family of former students who live near to where we used to and WZPL (a local radio station that I, honestly, haven't listened to regularly since at least the '80s) chose us to receive the gifts. Dave Smiley and his crew came to Roncalli and presented it to us. I did not expect to see him in a Santa suit nor did I expect to see a woman with a camera attached to her chest and the producer with a camera attached to his head filming the encounter. It could be described as the ultimate 'awkward moment'. He and the rest of the morning team were very nice, respectful, and genuine toward Lori and I along with Mrs. Kennedy. He did say that Lori smelled good. That was just weird, but expected from the Morning Guy.
This blog was linked by the show and many people have begun to read it. They have emailed and left comments that are very kind. Hoosiers are great people, but we already knew that. I don't have a lot to update since the last post other than as predicted, we went to Lafayette and met three officials that seemed to not like the way we play basketball in Indianapolis. It was a hard fought game that we came up just short. The refs did not make us miss free throws or some layups, so we can't blame them for the loss. We get Brebeuf on Friday and we will take out our frustration on them.
Today I used some of the money from WZPL to buy an Xbox 360 with Kinect for the girls. We lost our Wii and I wanted to replace it with something new. I consulted the experts (my Senior classes) as to what the best gaming system was today and it was decided the Crosleys need Xbox. The girls and I spent today making our avatars and setting the games up. They played the Sports game and had a great time with the Kinect feature. I couldn't wait for them to go to bed so I could play and not be embarassed. Full disclosure: I wanted the Xbox at least as much as the girls. Now my students want to play me in random games online and whip my backside. I may or may not play them. I may suprise them as I do have gamer skills. I dominate the Atari 2600. How much different could this Xbox thing be?
Tomorrow morning (Monday) Lori and I go to Knightstown, Indiana to look at what made it out of the house and perhaps take some back here. We have not seen most of it since the explosion. I have no real idea what to expect. I know the restoration company has cleaned the clothes and tried to repair furniture that could be repaired, but I can't imagine what it will be like to see it all laid out for us. I will explain what we see sometime this week. The Steelers need me to get the Joe Greene jersey back. Bad loss today.
I want to post some pictures soon. There are a lot that I want to post and some more that Lori wants to see online. Some are: the house 2002, the new Christmas tree, random pictures of life here in the "big hotel", and other suprises. Thanks for reading and continue to keep my neighbors in your thoughts. #RichmondHillStrong
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