Amazemerize

Summer is on a fast track to be here very soon and I for one can not wait. The summer season is when we have the most fun and do the most interesting things. This summer we have plans to take our grandson to the beach as soon as he finishes his swimming lessons that he is taking at the YMCA. The YMCA has a great program to teach city kids how to swim, in the country where I grew up you had no option you got thrown in and it was sink or swim, I am sure glad I did not sink.

Memorial Day weekend has always been a huge race weekend for me. I start off my day by watching the Garnd Prix race from Monaco and then right into the Indy 500, I have been watching the Indy 500 since I was a small boy. I still love the sound of the Indy cars when they come by it makes your body tingle. Then the Coke 600 from Charlotte. The bummer this year might be rain for the Coke 600 looks like it will be ran on Monday, guess I will have to add an extra day to race day this year.

This week will be the final week for the first grade in our family. David has survived his first grade year and I could not be more proud of him, almost no drama this year a much better year than the fight and drama filled kindergarten year he had. Changing schools has helped him a lot he is much better adjusted with his new school and I hope he can stay in that school for a while instead of jumping around like his mother is prone to do, it is in the child’s best interest and I will fight to see that he has the best chance possible in the education he receives.

We had an F-5 tornado go through our southern counties and I think that the loss of two lives was a tragedy, but it could of been much worse. Most of the homes that were hit had no one at home, it was about noon so everyone was in school or at work, if it had been at 5pm it would of been a terrible tragedy. We have the problem of not being able to see the coming storms because of the trees and hills. So it is critical to have a good weather radio to keep track of the storms.

As I was watching the horse race the other night it occurred to me that a lot of the racehorses in America are put down due to injuries and that really made me sad to think of that. Take Barbaro the horse was watched by millions of Americans as he broke down and they tried to save him a few years ago, what a heroic battle that brave horse put on in his battle for his life. I am a horse lover and it is a shame that the big hearted beasts can lose their live racing for our pleasure.