I have turned into my dad. I go everywhere with my 2 dollar insulated mug from Big Lots. I'm not big on fru-fru coffee and starbucks tastes good, but who wants to drop 4 bills on a cup when I can go to big bird and get a POUND of the good stuff for 7? Sheetz has good coffee..and for 99 cents I can fill my mug with that delicious infusion of roasted beans and western PA tap water. Not a BAD deal, but as far as coffee goes, Mickey Dees wins the coffee battle hands down. When you are in the mood for a cuppa joe, nothing beats the arches.
Now onto other matters...Nick got a warning today at school for "drawing a gun." I have to wonder if he was asked at all about the picture and then coached a little or if the teacher just saw a gun and flipped out. I certainly spoke about this with him when I got home and I gotta tell you, the imagination of a kindergärtner is amazing. he drew a picture of himself holding his toy pop gun from Cabelas, and his imaginary friend who was pretending to be a deer, and they were playing "hunting." I asked him if what he thought about pointing guns at people. He said that it was not right and he should have drawn a deer instead of his imaginary friend pretending to BE a deer. Yup. I advised him to not draw guns at school anymore and if he does...make damn sure he's shooting animals and targets...not people.
We then played Wii Hunting for a few minutes. I'm having a hard time even being mad at him...I mean...things were different when I was a kid. I brought my grandfathers old single shot shotgun to school for show and tell one time. I carried a pocket knife EVERY DAY to school from the time I was in the fifth grade up till the day I graduated. I had a really nice lockback knife with a chicken fighting scene on the blade...it was an awesome knife and it gutted countless bluegills. My high school teachers (particularly Mr. Hartell) would often ask me for my knife when they needed one...they knew I had it. That would never fly today. Times have changed and I have to say i'm not thrilled about it. It's harder to be on the "right" side of the world these days, especially when there are whack jobs making it harder every day. Just a couple days ago a state trooper was effectively ambushed by a guy with a 30-30 "hunting" rifle - not a good day for hunters who do things right...and NOT a good day for gun owners. In truth, the "system" failed us - the system took this rifle from the shooter a few years ago and he somehow got it back. And used it to shoot a state trooper at distance, in the neck - right above his body armor. Sick sick people around here.
I teach Nick everything there is to know about gun safety and I'm a bit upset about him drawing a person with the gun...I realize what his intentions were but i have to hold him responsible for what he did draw. Here's to other law abiding gun owners trying to teach their kids about gun safety...
