It was another busy week for us here at the Scheu abode. Matt continued on his journey, back up to the top of the mountain. It was Veteran’s Day on Monday. Thanks to all our active service men and to all those that have served in the past… It was a cold day and there was a hard frost on the windows as we started in the upper 20s. Keith & Rosie had a bunch of snow. Matt took day off from school due to being still sore – plus he has some homework to do. Abby had jazz dance at the Dixon Studio. Luke had basketball practice at the elementary. We picked up the keys for the Crossfire, which Matt was thrilled. Later, I fixed Dr. Dan’s laptop and as we went to bed, it started to snow…
Tuesday was quite eventful for Matt, as it turned out. We woke up with about a half inch of snow on the ground and the first time we had to really scrape the windshields this season. It was in the low 20s and I don’t know that it ever got above freezing all day. Matt returned to school for the first time in a week. The plant ops crew had not been out to clear the ice from the sidewalks for some reason and wouldn’t you know it – Matt found it. He fell…in fact he did the splits! Although it sounds horrifying as the parent of the newly repaired knee, I guess it was quite humorous to witness. Thankfully, there were a couple of guys there that saw it and came to his rescue by picking him up and helping him past the icy sidewalks. Thank you to one of Matt’s former coaches, Jeff Emsweller, who happened to be in the parking lot when the incident occurred. He got out of his car and came to his aid. I guess the vice principle saw it and not only didn’t help, but didn’t even come see if Matt was OK until the next day. …Good thing that we are not the suing-type of folks, huh? His knee was pretty sore, to say the least, and he couldn’t even make it past the halfway part of the day. He ended up leaving and coming home to ice his knee for a few hours. He later went to physical therapy and he confirmed that it appeared that he did not re-injure the knee (we would’ve been furious – not that we aren’t disappointed with the maintenance crew at the high school). While at therapy, he received and exciting phone call – he was officially accepted at one of the five schools he applied to – Anderson! Congrats, Matt! Later that night, Luke had basketball practice at the elementary school. Luke came home and drew me a picture.
There was still some snow on the ground on Wednesday morning and we had to let the cars warm up for a while due to the chilly temps. Matt returned to school and actually made it through the whole day. He was not able to attend his job shadowing class at the hospital and will take some time off for a couple weeks until his knee is stronger. I left early to pick up Luke at school and bring him back to Columbus for his doctor appointment. He got a good check up as well as his flu shot (now all the family has had theirs this year). He is in the 90th percentile for height & weight and is projected to be about 6’2??? or 6’3???! We warned Matt & Abby to not pick on him because one day he would be bigger than both of them… We stopped by Target and got a snack and a Hot Wheel before heading back to work. In my office, Luke has his own computer that I set up for him a few years ago. That afternoon, Luke wrote a short story he gave to me…I thought it was pretty cute and wanted to share it here.
The Baseball Championship
I was up to bat; suddenly the umpire called a strike. I asked him, “Why did you call a strike????
The umpire said it when right down the middle. I did not see it. He pitched it again then I hit the
ball over the fence. I told him don’t pitch the ball fast or we will hit it over the fence every time.
Then my buddy Drew hit the ball over the fence to! Drew told him do not pitch the ball slow
either or we will win every time to! WE won the championship! The score was 2 to 0! The team
that we faced were undefeated!
On Thursday, Luke had basketball practice at the Jr High while Matt and the wrestling team held the inaugural Blue/White game/meet. The program has been on the rise since Matt’s class entered it. Their numbers have slowly grown and this year, they have 32 young men on the team! We held a parent’s meeting ahead of time. I picked up Luke and came back to wrestling. Luke and Alex played in the wrestling room while I talked with the coaches and fathers during the event. Meanwhile, Ann and Abby went to tap practice at Dixon Studios. Afterwards, Luke when out to eat with Matt and I headed over to Messer’s Mancave to catch the Colts game. Bryan & Angie also had the Bewley’s and Evans’ over. Ann was supposed to join me, but was wiped out from all the stress at work and took a rain check. The Colts were down big early but came storming back in the 2nd half – thanks in part to a special team’s play that really turned the tide of momentum – and won by a field goal!
On Friday, I got to drive the truck in to work since Matt needed to use the van until his range of motion starts to come back. Both Ann & I had very busy days again – as all the days this week have been. I went in a little late due to a dental appt (good check up!) and left late (it was very dark when I left sometime after 6). Drew spent the night with Luke. Ann made Matt’s favorite – “noonles and tadies!??? I was so exhausted that I fell asleep by 7:30 and was in bed by 8 – God I am old!! We have several new social media pictures of both family and favorites: Abby and her friends; Aunt Brenda & Uncle Steve; my cousin Tammy and her children Leila & Austin; Uncle Keith, Aunt Rosie & Megan; our niece Gracie; my cousin Barney with Steph and the kids; my cousin Chris’ son Conner; my cousin Kimmy; Uncle Dan w/ Brody; Abby’s new convertible ( 😉 ); The Beatles released a new double live album this week of previously unreleased BBC recordings; the world’s largest flag in Dallas’ new stadium for Veteran’s Day; my favorite radio station’s Yule Bus; there is a new documentary of my favorite comic strip, Calvin & Hobbes; it is nearly time for Thanxmas again – and that brings about a family tradition…that of watching the Snoopy special with the kids; and finally several of my old childhood haunt – that of the classic years of Columbian Park in Lafayette (the old pool, the Big Dipper, the Moon Walk, the Rocker, the Boat House, the Pumping Station, and the Lagoon).