Blowin' In the Wind...

 

If you said, "Bob Dylan, 1962," you get 20 bonus points.  If you said, "Peter, Paul, and Mary, 1963," you get a partial credit of 5 points, because they did cover that song.  If you said, "Is it windy there today?" you get 5 bonus points for understating the obvious.  It is blowing like stink out there.  Current wind conditions here: 18 gusting to over 40 mph.  So, that's fun.

Joan requested a 1/1/1/1 breakfast this morning.  It wasn't that windy when I started...

 But, it is chilly in the desert in the morning.

I am using the new griddle table Joan ordered...

Midway through the cooking, the wind kicked up.  Four beer cans, one by one, blew into our site from a neighbor's site (somewhere upwind of us).  I had to be careful when flipping the pancakes that they didn't blow off the spatula.  It was a handful while trying to stand upright in those gusts.  I handed the plates in to Joan, then went to crush and pick up the beer cans.  In the meantime, a guy walking his dog let it crap  and started to walk away.  "Hey!  You have to pick that up!"  Fortunate for him, there is a "bag station" just across the street.  Smart pet owners carry a bag with them.  In some parks, you have to have a "visible means of picking up after your pet" on you.

After eating, I went back outside to clean up the griddle.  In the wind.  Hold on tight to those paper towels and handi-wipes.

It's a good day to not be going anywhere on the bikes.

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Back to School:

We got a text from Steph late this morning, asking if we wanted to see her classroom in her new position... "Absolutely!"  She isn't in a traditional classroom this year.  She might not like my description, but she is working with what I call "last chance" situations; students who have been long-term suspended... this could well be their last chance at getting an education.  I won't go into the behavioral or academic problems, but these students have this last opportunity to stay in school.  I would think it is a seriously challenging task for Steph, but she believes she can make a difference for the kids who are given this opportunity.

She has also been tasked with establishing and administering a similar program in each of the schools in their district.

With class time over for the day, we got to look around...

This is very different from the traditional classroom where Joan and I have volunteered in the past.  It is not in a school with a bunch of classroom - this is the only classroom in the administration complex.  The school believes in this program, as does Steph.

She took us over to the building where Dan's office is...

Dan's position is doing the social media for the district and being the "community liaison" for the school district.  His job today took him to Luke Airforce base and the opportunity to meet several NFL Hall of Famers (including Dan Merino and Warren Moon) who are in the area for this weekend's Superbowl... interesting job, huh?

It was interesting to see their work areas.  Changes for them over the years.