I Won the Election!!!

It was a close one, but I won. I had just got home from our T-ball game. It was about 8:20. The polls had been close for about 2.5 hours so I thought all precincts had reported. We couldn't find it anywhere on TV or the web. Then, I remembered I had seen passed results on the clerk's web-page. We finally found it. I was down by 12 votes. I thought it was over. I sighed and said, "oh darn, maybe next time." My mom, the fighter she is, asked if I was going to contest it. I said no, if he won, let him have it. Then she went to click off the page and hit the refresh button. She looked again, and I was up by three votes. The race was far from over. Twenty six of thirty eight precincts had reported. We had twelve more to wait on. Each time she clicked refresh I was up more and more. I started to get nervous. I wasn't sure which precincts I would be strong in and which were my weak ones. I kept a humble mind...I knew he could come back ~ stranger things have happened.

I later found out there was a glitch in the counting and they decided to count them by hand. The final count had me winning by 271 votes. 51% to 49% ~ How close can you get!!! But that is how I wanted. I didn't want to win by a landslide. I am very happy with the outcome. My opponent is a very sincere fella with a heart as gold. I hope he remains active in the school system.

I take office the first of July. In a few weeks we have an orientation in Indy. I am very excited to start.

What a Game!!!

Well, we won tonight. Honestly, we didn't deserve it. It went into the seventh inning. Finally score ~ 3-4. Brevin got a good hit then was sent by the first base coach and tagged out at second. I am so proud of him for being a good sport. Other kids would have huffed and puffed, placed blame...but not Brevin. He took the out with stride. He played left field and first base tonight. He made an error at first that cost us a run. He was taken out of the game after the 4th inning.

Tiernon played well, he had a good hit. They ended the inning with him on second. He played left field. I don't think any hits were hit to him.

I try to keep my mouth shut about this one player...we will call him JOE. Joe has a smart mouth to his parents and coaches ~ pure disrespect!!! He never comes to practice and Tiernon saw him smoking in the bathroom. All the adults are aware that he smokes but nothing is being done. Well, this kid has quit the team yet tonight he played every minute even after not making any of the practices this week. What message is being sent to the kids that show up with good attitudes and work hard? I really don't even know how to explain it to my kids. I try to defend the coach and say he is giving him (Joe) another chance. I explain how people should be given second chance and be forgiven. BUT...it is getting harder and harder to come up with excuses. I don't want my children to give up because some nit-wit is ruining the system. OH SPORTS!!! Can't live with them, can't play them by yourself!!!

We left the ball park at 11:00pm and have to be back tomorrow at 11:00am...we play the same team.

I got a tattoo!!!!

I've been talking about it for years. I could never find anyone to do it, because of where I wanted it~ on the palm of my right hand. Many artists had their reasons, some were ~ the palm is to hard to retain color, I didn't have any other tattoos and they wouldn't put it in plain view, it would hurt too bad. Well, I finally found someone who understood me. Imagine that...lol. Anyhow, my original idea was to get the globe and have the words "she's got the whole world in her hands." Well, my hand just wasn't' that big...so I settled for just the globe. The saying is so universal everyone knows its meaning. It is kinda hard to see the blue and the green because the picture was taken about 2 hrs. after I got it done. Today the colors are setting more and you can see a distinction. He said I would have to come back and get it touched up from now and then...which is cool.

I was very nervous. I even wore Depends "underwear for the incontinent". I thought it was going to hurt like a B**ch!!! I thought I would cry. Funny thing, he thought I would too. To my surprise, and his, it didn't hurt at all...not even a little. In fact, it kinda felt good. I know, my mom said I was sick and twisted. For now this is all I want...but people say they are addicting...so we'll see. I'll keep you updated. I'll post another picture when it heals up.