Happy Sunday!
This weather sucks. Like really sucks. For the past week, we have experienced the hottest temperatures all. year. long. In September. When it is officially fall. It is miserable outside, and it is supposed to last through the middle of this week. I guess it is a good thing I did not put away any of my sandals or sleeveless shirts/dresses.
To make things worse, Jim came down with a light case of the flu last week complete with fever, joint pain, and chills. Holly also developed a cold during the week. Between the two of them, it sounded like a hospital ward. I made them stay on their end of the house while I stayed on my end so that I can remain healthy. I have been battling almost daily headaches thanks to allergies, so the last thing I need is any sort of virus on top of that. Thankfully, they are both on the mend, and I might let Jim back into the master bedroom sometime this week. (He needs to get rid of his cough first.)
Holly did not make it through the first round of student council elections. For the first round, everyone could vote for three people. These three people would then go on to lead another campaign with the winner of the second election deciding the president of student council. Holly believes she came in fourth behind the three boys who were the top three. Yes, out of eight people who were campaigning, the three boys were the ones to be elected. 😐 Holly insists there was no gender bias. It was just a case of all the boys in the school voting for the three boys, who are their friends, while all the girls split their votes among the remaining candidates. All I can say to that is that gender bias certainly starts early, doesn’t it?
She is actually taking the loss better than I am. She plans to run as a freshman, and she said there is always a chance one of the boys will lose their eligibility to be on the student council as “their grades are not always the best.” She is going to participate where she can and will be keeping her poster ideas for next year. In the meantime, she is also on the school newspaper again this year, so that will also keep her busy.
The high school’s homecoming was this weekend. We went to our first and only football game this year. It was odd sitting there knowing we had no reason to be there this year. Next year should be different, as Holly will be trying out for poms, and if she doesn’t make that she wants to be in marching band like her brother. This in-between year though is strange. Holly wanted to spend some time with her friends, and we hoped to see some of Connor’s old friends while we were there, which we all did. We even hoped he would sneak back home to visit. He did not even though it sounds like he may be coming home next weekend. The team ended up losing, which sucks, but it was a beautiful evening, if humid and much warmer than it should have been. It was nice to get out and see everyone.
Today will be spent inside trying to stay cool. It’s too hot to do anything else, so football and reading it is. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend and staying comfortable as well. Have a great week and I’ll see you back here next week!
Here are past posts from the few last weeks in case you missed them the first time:
- It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 18 September 2017
- Just read Release
- Three cheers for One Dark Throne
- Stay away from Sleeper
- Fabulous Friday – 22 September 2017
- All hail Notorious RBG
Yes, this weather sucks!!! I am over it.
My husband brought home a flu/virus and it was so nice of him to give it to me. I tried really hard to stay away from him and not get it, and I thought I almost succeeded. It brought me down yesterday and today I’m trying to take it easy.
I hope you have a healthy household this week! I am counting down the days to the cooler weather…
I cannot wait until the weather breaks. It looks like it will happen on Wednesday.
I managed to avoid getting Holly’s cold and Jim’s flu, although they are both still coughing and aren’t always careful when they do. Still, I isolated them as much as possible and kept the house clean while they were isolated. I have done my best to prevent it spreading, but if it is going to happen, it will find a way.
That election stuff doesn’t surprise me after the last year we’ve had. Ugh. Still sucks, though. I feel so impotent in these situations. 🙁
I hope your weather improves soon. It’s burning hot here (as expected in south TX) but it seems worse than normal because all those hurricanes are keeping the stagnant, humid weather right over our heads and nothing can break through. I don’t understand how people aren’t seeing the way our weather is changing!!
I can’t say nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to politics at whatever level because the results of Holly’s election did surprise me. Still, I know exactly what you mean about feeling impotent.
I believe this weather should break by Wednesday of this week. I am really looking forward to that. I don’t know of anyone personally who is denying that our weather is changing; the reasons for the changing weather are the most common items for debate in my sphere of influence. Still, it surprises me that people still thinks that our weather across the globe is “normal.”
Wow. I’m glad that Holly is taking this so well, but I’m furious on her behalf, and I fully believe sexism to be the culprit. What a world.
I hope you have a wonderful football-and-reading Sunday! That’s my plan for the day as well, plus an episode or two of Black Sails and a quick library run, and I’m super excited for it.
It still upsets me but the principal says it happens quite often that three boys end up winning the council positions. On one hand, I can see it. After all, in middle school, the two sexes have not yet begun to intermingle. Boys stay on their side, and girls stay on theirs. Think about all those awkward middle school dances you attended. On the other hand, yeah, the fact that not one of the four girls was elected indicates there is a major issue here. But I am taking a lead from her and dropping it while finding ways to encourage her to speak out against gender equality in her class discussions when possible.
Enjoy! I am taking a break from dance chauffeuring and passing it to my capable husband. Dinner is in the slow cooker. Time to enjoy the rest of the afternoon!
It is going to be unseasonably hot here too until midweek. I’m with you on the reading,which is especially what I plan to do today.
Enjoy and stay cool!