Ahhh, my first blog of the week. It’s been one of those weeks, I guess. Gonna go with Three Things Thursday, and in my first item, I’ll explain why I haven’t blogged much this week.
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OK, here we go, time to count to 3.
1. We’re having a ridiculous fight getting Jack into school right now. It’s totally consumed every waking second of the past 10 or so of our days. Jack, in case you don’t know, is our 9-year-old son who is severely autistic. Well, we’re having major problems getting him out of a school that’s unsafe for him and we’re floored by the requirements for he people who will be teaching him. I saw an ad yesterday for a position they’re filling for the type of person who would be working with him and the requirements are high school diploma and speaks English.
It’s like they cast off my son as worthless. Well, I don’t. I know his potential. And I’ll fight to death for him. That’s probably why I feel like I’m dying right now. I’m not going to get too political, but I will say that right about now, I’d be a big proponent of a voucher system and then maybe somebody would treat him with some dignity. That’s probably more than I should say right now since this is unsettled and I have no clue who reads my blog. But I don’t care.
2. I’m running the Long Beach Marathon on Sunday. I made a last-minute decision to go out to California for the race. The main reason is to try to help recruit for the Operation Jack Marathon and Train 4 Autism at the Train 4 Autism booth at the expo. So if you’re running the race and going to the expo on Saturday, stop by and say hi. Anyways, I’m gonna run the race on Sunday since I’ll be there anyways. Gonna try to BQ and get my 2014 Boston qualifier out of the way. It’s a realistic goal so I’ll try to run the best race I can. Whatever the case, it’s the last marathon I’m running hard until next April, so it will be nice to break from training and just enjoy my running again.
3. I had two triumphant running moments last night. First, I burned out another treadmill at the gym on a progressive run. That’s always a fun win. Then, I went and played softball and tagged and scored on a sacrifice fly to second. This wasn’t the second baseman running and diving backwards and me taking advantage of them being on the ground. This was the second baseman backpedaling just a little bit and me deciding I was going to tag and see what kind of wheels I had. I had enough to score. Felt kind of fun to do something ridiculous. I’ll be signing autographs at the Train 4 Autism booth on Saturday.
OK, that’s it. Do you play softball? Have you ever had problems with a school district? Will I see you at Long Beach? Have a great weekend![subscribe2]
Adam says
I follow your blog- I’ve posted about Operation Jack in my weekly emails to my donors. I’ve encouraged the $5 buck challenge for autism. My dad’s a special ed teacher and although I don’t play softball I have burned out a few treadmills. Keeping you and Jack always in my prayers. The Jack’s of the world are special people.
Jeremy says
Sam, sorry we were not able to connect in Denver! Looks like I may actually be in LA for the Operation Jack Marathon, if I am I will volunteer. I’ll let you know!