2021 in Review

2 - The number of times our family of 9 has been together this year. It's harder to get everyone in one place at the same time with Katerin working in Waco, Emily in BCS, and Wesley at CofO & Pine Cove.

0 - The number of things we have to complain about. God's provision and presence has been abundantly clear.

2 - Our 2 pups are quite the source of enjoyment for our whole family. Cocoa & Hiccup are well loved!

1 - True Story: Circumstances usher us into unwanted territory sometimes and it's hard to navigate in a new place. This year is full of stories that are not mine to tell, but what I can talk about is the assurance of who God is and His work in our lives that is unmistakable.

For this reason, we can enter this season with JOY and GRATEFULNESS.

Merry Christmas from all of us!

SAT is not just a test anymore

 

I'm a freshman SAT mom and I need an SAT Acronym Book for Dummies!

It started when my daughter said she wanted to tryout for SATs in the Spring of her 8th grade year. I'm asking myself, "When did the SAT start having tryouts and why already in the 8th grade?"

I soon found out she meant the Student Athletic Trainers so we attended the Zoom meeting, got all the links, read the handbook, previewed the calendar and she was ready to commit!

She was so excited to make the 1st cut and advance to the next step: Summer FB practice starting July 26. Bye-bye Summer!

I soon ran into another repeated acronym when we examined the July and August calendars.

PX

What's that? I checked the handbook, emails and even looked to see if there was an answer key on the bottom of the calendar explaining what the acronyms stood for. Nothing.

I finally mustered up the courage to email Coach Marr, which by the way, I did not know if I should address her as Coach Marr or Ms. Marr. Was she a coach? I wasn't sure but she seemed intimidating so I chose to call her Coach Marr.

In my email I tried to prove my due dilligence of searching for the answer of what PX stood for so that I could avoid wasting her time, but ultimately I just had to ask.

And I felt like a dummy...again.

PX = practice

Of course it does! It's on the calendar 6 days a week!

My sportsYou app began blowing up with posts --

About teams....VFB, JV, 9FB, FrA, V VB, VB, BBB, GBB, BSOC, GSOC

Places: FH, ATR, PNG, KF, TMHS, CFA, SA

And things like EQ, NHS, NHSSMA, TSATA, FHFT, GHATS

#noBCD--some of which I still do not undertand.

Then pops up an acronym we all know...MDA. That one shouldn't be on the app or on the calendar, but it is. Marr had 3 weeks FMLA after surgery and we all hoped for the best--praying for Coach Marr to be cancer free ASAP.

I know as the school year progresses new acronyms will continue to sprinkle the sY feed and I'll continue to use context clues to try and figure it out so I'm not the mom with the DQ.

And maybe I'll create a cheat sheet on the SAT Google Drive FYI.

To the future Freshman SAT Parents, SAT Acronyms Cheat Sheet TBA!

(Photo creds: Larry Stanteen--fellow SAT parent! TY!)