Poetic Justice.

We had just seen Much Ado About Nothing at UT--very good, by the way. Josh decided that he would be a little smarty pants and walk backwards. This was not very smart as he had stayed up all night in the architecture building working on a project. His coordination was off to say the least. So he's walking and talking with a smirk on his face.

I said, and I quote, "You better be careful. You're going to fall on your bum." At the very moment that he laughed at my comment, he fell on his bum. But with the grace and agility that Josh is known for, he turned the fall into an olympic moment. The fall was followed by a back roll and of course and award winning bow while exclaiming, "Thank you, thank you very much."

That's still keeping me laughing.

Defying all odds. . .

Josh has done it again. Decidely carrying on that Lee tradition with pride. I never thought he could do it. But then again, I didn't even know it was possible for anyone to do it.

Josh was riding his red and blue bike last week on a "windy" (so Josh says) day on campus. He spied out of the corner of his eye a friendly man dressed in blue pointing something in his direction. Then that was followed by a welcoming wave. Josh got to the bottom of the hill only to realize that the friendly man in blue was chasing after him on his red and blue bike.

Josh was pulled over on his bike for speeding!!! I thought riding a bike was safe. I thought riding his bike was cheaper. I thought riding his bike would never make our insurance go up.

Okay, I am being dramatic. Once the policeman found out that Josh rode 10 miles a day as a commuter, he let him off with a warning. I guess he's learned something from me after all--the true art of getting out of tickets. I was so proud of him.

Until our next adventure.

How can a dog sense where the poo is on grass and avoid it, but manage to hit EVERY mud puddle?

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it!

For my applied drama class, I had to do a workshop using theatre games with an established community. Well, Josh had the idea of leading his architecture studio in theatre games. With the support of his professor, I just had my first session. What fun!

I really enjoy working with adults and introducing theatre work to novices, per se. You all would be very proud of Josher. He was the perfect plant. Fortunately, I didn't need to give him "the look" to cue him to save me. However, he was ready with answers and really helped get discussions going. He's an incognito actor. He has such a wit and his classmates really seem to look to him. Really cool to see.

I get to teach 2 more times this week and once next week. I can't wait to see these architecture students doing some crazy improv! How lucky am I!?!?!

PS Still raining. : (

A good pair of new shoes changes your perspective on life.

That's all. Just thought you should know.