Fall 08/Winter 09 Updates

Trey is now in 4th grade. He's got some good teachers this year and, after a little bit of a rocky start, has gotten in the groove of things. He made the Honor Roll for Q1 and Q2 so far. Interesting note- one of his teachers is someone who my father had as a student.

Fall soccer was awesome as usual. Once again, Andy Roberts did a great job of coaching. He's good at balancing competitiveness with having fun. Trey's team went undefeated and made it through the first round of the playoffs, before falling in the second round. The officiating in the final playoff game was horrendous, but what do you expect when you have high school kids as refs? They are usually afraid to make the call. Also, there is no seeding going into the tournament, which is ridiculous. But Trey had fun and he is a joy to watch play, and in the end, that is all that matters.

Christmas came and everyone must've been good this year 'cuz Santa was most generous. I keep putting Salma Hayek on my list- maybe next year I'll finally get her :-) My best friend Josh (proprietor of Intext Lighting) came up from Nashville and I got to meet his new gal pal, who is a lovely person.

Trey is currently playing basketball for a YMCA league. Although he played in a league when he was like 5, this is really his first real experience playing and he has shown an aptitude for it. So far, the team is undefeated with two games left.

I am getting ready to test for my third degree brown belt in jujitsu; most likely will happen in March. After this, I go for another year and then I will be eligible to test for black belt. Then you have to call me "sensei" ha ha.

In other news, Keith and Julia (stepson and daughter-in-law) took Amy and me to see Metallica. I had seen them in '88 on the And Justice for All tour and was not impressed. However I must say that they rocked the house this time and put on a great show. No 80's style drum or guitar solos, which is fine by me 'cuz I always thought Kirk Hammet was one of the most overrated guitarists ever.

Finally, I broke down and joined the lemmings and put up a profile on Facebook. And LinkedIn. And I signed up for Twitter. Don't want to get left off the social media train. I don't allow comments on here but if you know me and want to send me an email, you can contact me at r_fluker at verizon dot net.