Alison's School Award Ceremony

I started the day by driving to Trinity, TX to attend Alison’s third grade award ceremony. I arrived a couple hours early to hang-out with Preston, which was a LOT of fun.

Upsetting incident;
Preston and I went to lunch at a local Subway. While we were there, I saw a police officer having lunch with his family. He was dressed in “western garb”, but he was also wearing a badge on his belt and a pistol on his hip. I was speechless when I witnessed him spanking his 4-5 year old son for not eating fast enough. What a total piece of shit father. I’m ok with spankings, as long as it fits a lengthy list of parameters, but never in a million years would a spank a child for not eating fast enough. If that officer (the dad) did that in public, I can only imagine what he does in the privacy of his home…

Preston and I played at the park and went for a walk before attending the school ceremony. My wonderful and talented daughter earned nearly every award they were handing out!
-Straight “A” honor roll, all year
-Perfect attendance, all year
-Citizenship award (only 2 awarded to each grade)

I’m really proud of my shining star!

The drive home was horrific. It took me nearly three hours to get home, when it normally takes 1.5 hours.

Late this afternoon I went for an extended walk. It has been crazy hot all day. For most of the drive home, my truck thermometer read over 100 degrees. I felt good for the first three miles and then I completely ran out of gas, per se. At least I have a good day of mindful eating to be proud of!

Walk:
4.86 miles
1:29:46
18:27 pace