7th Grade

 After almost six months, Bode returned to Meigs Middle School today as a 7th grader.  There are a number of safety protocols in place, and we will just hope things go well.  Bode wasn't thrilled about going back to school, but he didn't seem like he hated it.  He even got up at 0545 without anyone prompting him.  Before heading out, Bode took a picture with Ashley, who had just returned from the gym.

It's only a matter of time before Bode is taller than Ashley.  He definitely outweighs her, tipping the scales at just under 130 pounds.  He's pretty solid for a 12-year old.  

Here's to a great school year--we'll hope for the best and prepare for some hiccups along the way.  Pleasant week to all!

Inanimate Objects

 This will be a rather dull post, as there are no pictures of people or dogs.  A week ago, Ashley and Bode were involved in a minor fender bender.  She was in her little rocket sled and got dinged by a dump truck loaded with sand.  I don't think anything happened to the truck.  Thankfully, Ashley and Bode were fine, but Ashley's little car took some damage.  Here are some pictures.

The red truck behind the fence in the picture below is what hit her.  Note it is full of sand.

Ashley's car was taken to the hospital, err, body shop on Monday.  They've been very responsive and hope to have everything finished by this Thursday.  Ashley has been in a deep funk, as she's been stuck driving the 2002 Xterra as opposed to her little rocket machine.

We've been trying to make the best of the COVID situation.  We've done a lot of goofy-golfing.  Yesterday was Bode's first total victory over Ashley and me.  Below is a picture of the score card.

UWF starts classes tomorrow.  I'm doing mostly online lectures, but I do have some labs that are face-to-face.  We will see how long those last, as many think it's only a matter of time before the university has to shut down and resort to everything being online.  Here's hoping.

Bode Photog

 Bode is a published photographer!  Each day, our newspaper will publish a photograph of the "Pet of the Day."  Bode takes a lot of pictures of the dogs, so Ashley decided to send one it.  Ashley was notified yesterday that Bode's picture would be in today's paper.  We didn't tell him about it, so we filmed his response of seeing the picture in the paper.

We then took a nice picture of Bode and the paper.

Finally, here is a picture of the picture and Bode's tagline.

The Big 10 and the PAC-12 both cancelled their fall sports.  We are hopeful that the SEC will still play games.  Here's hoping!