....while working with a group today........the topic of kite flying came up.........not one of them had ever flown kite.........I wanted to feel sad for them but then a bit of my childhood flashed before my eyes......I assebmbled a diamond-shaped kite....( hate that they teach that as rhombus now).....two flimsy sticks and a sheet of thin plastic.........it was a piece of junk but it was mine and I built it.......Illinois gets windy.......I was instantly afraid of my kite hitting the ground and shattering, the kite string unraveling all the way off the roll, the string burning my fingers as it whizzed through my hand, crossing my kite string with my brother's, and worst of all........my string breaking......kite flying is STRESSFUL.....maybe those kids are lucky they haven't had to do it.........
Spring Break is almost here........many people are packing up and flying out..............we'll be mounting new TVs, hooking up blu-ray players, setting up air hockey...........all Christmas gifts that are sitting in boxes.......people........this is why I have proclaimed next year is vacation year........no gifts........or maybe it's new furnace year.........for now the noisy furnace is chugging away keeping us warm enough....fingers crossed that we make it to the off-season to have it worked on or replaced....
* I'm wearing capris and sandals today.......instant mood elevator............let's not discuss the Winter Storm Watch for this weekend during the USSSA March Madness Baseball Tournament in Denver.......eek!
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