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Where did the time go?

Today my son jumped out of bed when he heard me get in the shower at 6:30 AM and came into the bathroom just minutes later already dressed with a big smile on his face. He was excited to start school! We woke up his sister and got her dressed then headed downstairs. He quickly consumed his Cheerios and orange juice, ran upstairs to brush his teeth, then put on a belt to hold his shorts up, grabbed his lunchbox, and darted out the front door to the truck to buckle himself in for the ride to school.

We met Mama down the street from the school since she was coming from the gym around the corner. Walking up to the school you could see he was sizing up the crowd with intensity. This school is much bigger than his preschool and way many more kids!

Right after I took this photo the batteries in my camera died. I brought the pocket Nikon L12 since it also shoots video and I was hoping to get some of him walking away to his class. While we were waiting in the gym with all of the other kindergartners and their parents I was able to turn it on and shoot one more before it decided to die completely.

 

It's probably a good thing the camera died after that shot. It was pretty much the last smile we saw from him. When the time came for his class to leave the gym and go to their room (without parents) he started to walk away then turned around and darted back to us all sad and not wanting to go. A new big school and all those unfamiliar faces (only one kid from his preschool is there but not in his class) surely frightened him a little. Leaving Mom & Dad for the whole day to continue his journey into boyhood is a big step that is scary and exciting for us all.

On the way home from dropping him off my daughter said she missed him. She'll probably forget about that next week when she starts preschool for the first time. That will be another frightening and exciting day as she begins her journey out into the world of school.

Again, where did the time go?

Here I am playing catch-up again from a busy week of not posting.

 

Aug 6, 212/366

My neighbor's softball game at Krieg Field.

 

Aug 7, 213/366

Camera shot for the Daddyshack Scavenger Hunt.

I got this Nikon N80 35mm camera about 4 years ago to use for class. It hasn't seen a roll of film in almost 2 years but I can't bring myself to part with it since it was my first real camera body that wasn't a point and shoot.  



Aug 8, 214/366

Lady Bird Lake and downtown Austin, Texas 

 

Aug 9, 215/366

My wife and daughter (she didn't want to smile) at the Austin Ice Cream Festival.

  
Aug 10, 216/366

The Daddyshack Scavenger Hunt list for the week.

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Aug 11, 217/366

Triumph. 30 second shutter speed outside of Opal Divine's on 6th Street.  


Aug 12, 218/366

Happy and Family shot for the Daddyshack Scavenger Hunt.

Jumping off the back of the couch makes them happy.  

 
Aug 13, 219/366

Little Bit at Home Depot with my cell phone camera.   


Aug 14, 220/366

Night Steps on the University of Texas campus across from DKR Memorial Stadium.


  
Aug 15, 221/366

Textured shot for the Daddyshack Scavenger Hunt. This little guy was catching some shade in a stack of chairs outside in the backyard.

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August 3rd - 9th

These were supposed to be posted last Sunday but better late than never, right?

 

Austin Ice Cream Festival! My daughter didn't want to smile.

Full on swan moon!

Shadow lines at Lou Neff Point, Lady Bird Lake

Floating down the lake

The Number Seven

Long Ball

Dead on

Krieg Field - Austin, TX

She's a swan

It was so hot outside that the water wasn't cold

 

View more Weekly Winners over at Sarcastic Mom's blog!

but an off-duty Travis County Sheriff's Deputy verbally assaulted me in front of my kids today in a parking lot at HEB. This guy was stopped near the front doors at HEB to pick up somebody so I passed him on he left. He didn't care for that much apparently.

He also didn't think much of the way I pulled into a parking spot after dropping my wife off near another front door of the store. I saw a front row spot and pulled down the row to get it so she would see where we were when she came back out. The spot was on a row for cars coming the other way (there were none coming at that time) so I pulled in, backed up, and straightened out the car in the spot.

A few minutes went by, I loaded a CD to play, then I heard a *tap tap* on my window. I rolled it down to see what this man wanted and that's when he laid into me about my driving and parking skills. He told me he was an off-duty Sheriff's Deputy and continued to yell at me. I told him to stop talking to me like that in front of my kids and he needed to leave. That's when he decided to start cussing and told me if he had a squad car nearby he would call it.

That made me mad and I almost unbuckled my seat belt and got out of the car to get in his face. Instead I said, "You definitely do not talk to me like that in front of my kids and now you need to leave!"

I got his name and badge # to file a complaint. He said, "I'm taking your plate # with me, too," to which I replied, "Please do!"

Sure, I could have driven around to get that parking spot from the right direction. But did I deserve to be verbally assaulted by an off-duty deputy in front of my kids for it?

I think not.

From the Quirkee Knowledge 2008 Calendar:

Only 3 weeks to go!

That's a lot of cans!

I sat in front of a big flat screen TV all by myself and watched some preseason Sunday Night Football for about an hour.

"Hellooooo?"

Golfing at the Harvey Penick Golf Campus

Used this shot for my header title at Daddyshack.

Ghost Train

Sunglasses Sunset

I've been sitting on this broken camera for almost a year since I don't use it much. The warranty is about to run out so will you all please remind me to mail it to Nikon ???

The house is coming along

This was one smooth cat - Kris Wade of Marshall Ford Swing Band at Central Market

Smooth shot for the Daddyshack Scavenger Hunt