Emuers,
You ever hear the saying, "Once in a Blue Moon"? Well, this month answers that question. On July 3rd, we had a full moon. 28 days later, on July 31st, we will have another full moon. Two full moons in one month! This happens every 2.5 years or so and we callthe 2nd full moon in one month....a BLUE MOON! So this ends our astronomy and science lesson, now let's figure out what happens in my life "once in a bluemoon"...
On the first full moon, I should have known this month would be eventful. We left our basement idle, after our contractor got off to such a good start he decided to take a 5-day weekend. No problem, he says he can finish by Aug. 1st, a day after the 2nd fullmoon. The luck kept going when even though I lost the last 4 races at the horse track, we saw great fireworks and Reagan won her first ever Slot Machine Jackpot! After taxes....$50. Biggest jackpot we ever won. OK, the only time we ever one on those stupid machines. Now that the weekend is over, time for me to finish my season and join the #1 High School baseball team in the state. Our freshman lost our last doubleheader, losing a 5-0 lead by allowing 11 runs in one inning when Coach Barry thought it would be nice to get everyone in the last game. With a 10-man team, it was only one sub, but with only 6 fans at the game, most believe that excuse. We finished the year 12-20, 3 times more wins in one month than this team had in 2 years of Jr. High baseball. My career coaching record is now 26-50. Oh well, its money and genetically speaking, I was going to lose my hair anyway. Upon joining the varsity, our 23-3 team, we went 3-4 with me on the bench, including a first round loss to an unranked team. Good news, we still finished #1 in the polls. Oh by the way, we are now a week behind in our basement but with carpet coming on the 7th of August and a teacher party a week later, we are still ontarget for those dates...
Cheering me up in mid-July was our anniversary in Omaha. A quick rundown: Orangatan wrestles other orangatan...one loses finger in bloody battle in front of 30 six-year olds, 3 legged-tiger plays with cubs, hotel room had in-room hot tub with view of TV with 2 ESPNS-Ben doesn't leave tub rest of weekend, Ben wins Blackjack for $100, Reagan loses money in stupid slot machine, Ben teaches Reagan how to play Blackjack, we return home. Also, my brother Brian and Kelly are having twin girls. I think they are hoping this happens every blue moon so that in 5 years, they have 7 kids...right?? And West Harrison makes the StateTournament in baseball. Hey, if Carlisle can't make it, its good to see the ol' high school with the same great coach (Kim...make sure Tony sees this!) make the tourney 2 straight years. They lost first round, but next season looks good already.
And now for my favorite part: Ordered Direct TV who sent Jon out to install it. Not even I can describe this guy in words, but let me try. Somewhere between 12-24 in both age and IQ. Dyed-blond hair with more tattoos and piercings than my low-level science class combined. Absolutely no clue how to install DirectTV, let alone how to operate his ladder or drill. Needless to say, after 7 hours in our home, confused at why one TV didn't work even though it wasn't plugged in, 42 trips through our livingroom and 17 trips to our roof looking for where cable entered our house even though each time he walked by we told him cable enters in the garage, he left us with a great TV picture, a satellite stuck in our roof with 17 cables strung like Christmas lights around our house, and his quote when the TV didn't work b/c he forgot about plugging it in: "Sorry, when things don't work, I just get stupid". Apparently, birth didn't work for this kid. He still sleeps under our deck which is strange...
To round out the rest of the month: A trip with my brothers and Dad on his birthday by train to St. Louis to catch a game. Drunk Coleen joined us and thought since we had beer we were the coolest, until she stood up and forgot us...then met us all over again. And lastly, trying to help Jaquien finish dry wall our basement since Ron, the original drywall man, flew to Vegas and got married 3 days before he started our place and then lost motivation to work since he is so happy in marriage. He was fired but didn't care due to his happiness. But all that put us another week or two behind. The basement will now be finished after school starts and most likely our cats will spend more time and get more use out of it over the next 9 months than I ever will. Oh well...just another Summer and just another Blue Moon.
Take care and enjoy what's left of the summer, especially you educators!
Sincerely,
Ben Barry
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