I know the subtitle of the blog says something about a journey through a baseball season, but that was a couple seasons ago and so I am deciding, for the moment anyway, to add some thoughts outside of baseball....because I can.
This morning I was a little light-headed for the first couple hours at school, but as the day continued I felt as though I had more energy than I did yesterday. I had a hitting/pitching lesson with a ten year old, had a nice workout at the Y, and then did some grocery shopping, came home and made some dinner for Eric and myself.
At the grocery store I ran into and said hello to Spencer Bennett, a retired History/Social Science professor from Siena Heights University. As a social Science major during my undergrad years, I had the opportunity to have a handful of classes with Spencer. I'm pretty sure the first one was a class titles 'Popular Culture in the US'. I remember having an assignment requiring us to go to downtown Detroit and watch a movie that had just come out that was called 'The Buddy Holly Story.' Since then the movie has been on television countless times and I always watch at least a little bit of it if I've got nothing else going on. I still love to hear many of the Buddy Holly (and the Crickets) that were featured in that soundtrack.
I remember another time, during my senior year of college, when I missed a test in Spencer's American History class on a Friday morning. I was prepared and I knew the information and would have probably scored well on the test. My roommate, JD, was also taking that class, and we always studied for the tests together on the morning of the tests. JD took the test and earned a 'B' I think. He was a business major and was taking the course as an elective. I went to Spencer's office to explain that I was sorry for missing the test and that I would take the test if he would give me the opportunity. He told me to forget about it, that he knew I would have done fine, and allowed me to slide by without penalty for missing it. Needless to say, JD wasn't please with either me or Professor Bennett!! I have seen Spencer a number of times at the YMCA over the past few years. I am thankful for so many people like him! He was an extremely intelligent man who enjoyed his job and had a great sense of humor!
Anyway, I do feel much better tonight, though I'll probably get to sleep earlier than normal. On to what I hope will be a speedy recovery from the scary flare-up of last week.
My kids are both awesome!!
This morning I was a little light-headed for the first couple hours at school, but as the day continued I felt as though I had more energy than I did yesterday. I had a hitting/pitching lesson with a ten year old, had a nice workout at the Y, and then did some grocery shopping, came home and made some dinner for Eric and myself.
At the grocery store I ran into and said hello to Spencer Bennett, a retired History/Social Science professor from Siena Heights University. As a social Science major during my undergrad years, I had the opportunity to have a handful of classes with Spencer. I'm pretty sure the first one was a class titles 'Popular Culture in the US'. I remember having an assignment requiring us to go to downtown Detroit and watch a movie that had just come out that was called 'The Buddy Holly Story.' Since then the movie has been on television countless times and I always watch at least a little bit of it if I've got nothing else going on. I still love to hear many of the Buddy Holly (and the Crickets) that were featured in that soundtrack.
I remember another time, during my senior year of college, when I missed a test in Spencer's American History class on a Friday morning. I was prepared and I knew the information and would have probably scored well on the test. My roommate, JD, was also taking that class, and we always studied for the tests together on the morning of the tests. JD took the test and earned a 'B' I think. He was a business major and was taking the course as an elective. I went to Spencer's office to explain that I was sorry for missing the test and that I would take the test if he would give me the opportunity. He told me to forget about it, that he knew I would have done fine, and allowed me to slide by without penalty for missing it. Needless to say, JD wasn't please with either me or Professor Bennett!! I have seen Spencer a number of times at the YMCA over the past few years. I am thankful for so many people like him! He was an extremely intelligent man who enjoyed his job and had a great sense of humor!
Anyway, I do feel much better tonight, though I'll probably get to sleep earlier than normal. On to what I hope will be a speedy recovery from the scary flare-up of last week.
My kids are both awesome!!
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