Hello there.

I wonder if it is as hot there today as it is here.   Our forecast calls for 101 yet and then it looks like we might get a break from the 100’s, at least for a little while.  Never can tell about this time of the year though.

I think I saw most of you, but now if I came back, I would be hard pressed to figure out who you are.  That’s the way it goes when you get older, or else I just wasn’t there long enough to let things soak in.

I would recognize your teacher, though, and if I were there, I’d probably take her to Sioux Falls, to a neat coffee shop we visited.  I think I’d order the affogato again, and this time, I’d probably take my computer in there and tap away on it.  I really liked their chairs in there.

Hey.  Maybe if we came back out there, we could sneak you all out of school and go to the shop together?

Anyways, if you haven’t caught on yet, I’m your teacher’s crusty old Dad.  I’m crusty on my ears, I know for sure, cause the last time I was in the Dr’s office he told me I needed to start wearing an old man hat to keep the sun off my ears or I might get skin cancer on the crusty spots. 

But I don’t like wearing caps, or hats, at all.  Do you?

I was nicely impressed with the place you live, and the folks you call your parents.  And I think the way your teacher has your room fixed up is rather nice also.  But I am a little biased towards her, seeing’s as she is one of my three daughters, and all of them are my favorite.

I have to tell you.  I got mad at Bozar the Bull today.  If you happen to thumb back one post, you’ll see what happened the last time I was out to pet him.

Today, he gets up and stares at me.  I couldn’t tell if it was a dare or not.  But he did have some cockleburs caught in his face, so I went over to him and started working them out.  I could tell it hurt him some, but he stood just as nice as you please the whole time, never once thinking about charging me like the other evening. 

All I can figure out, is the other evening I had your teacher along with me, and he felt like he had to show off in front of her.  I hope if you ever feel like you need to show off in front of her that you’ll do it in a nice way that you won’t be embarrassed about later on.

And.

We have this new puppy over here.  Okay, okay, I know your teacher is going to go on and on about how good Alaskan Malamutes are.  They are nice dogs, for sure her Taz is. 

But this new puppy is the only way to go with dogs.  She’s an English Mastiff. 

We’ve had two of them already.  Yes, they drool a lot, and yes, they sometimes get really big and weigh up to 200 pounds, and yes, they think they can be a lap dog and just plop themselves right down on your lap, making you grunt and squirm under all that weight.  I still say they are the way to go.

We got this one for your teacher’s mom’s birthday.  Her name is Bailey. She can’t seem to get house trained quite soon enough though, and keeps making messes in the most inopportune places, like right on top of the air conditioning vent.

I won’t bore you with anymore stuff.  Sounds like your classroom is getting right ready for you all to join it and have good times in it. 

And.

Be good to your teacher, cause I like her quite a lot.

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