Mike's Notes: October 23 update

Hey all you villagers out there! Hope you all had a great weekend. We had a good week of practice, and you all should be proud of your effort. This week we will have our normal schedule of practices, and yes we will have practice on Saturday (promise nothing hard ). Warm-UP for the meet on Saturday is at 12 noon with events starting at 1. Let's all be prepared to RACE and Swim with

We will all leave our negative thoughts in our bed rooms with the doors SHUT, so they cannot get out and affect us.

It starting to get cold as we leave practice, so let's make sure we dress warmly when leaving the pool (sweats, hoods hat's). We don't want to get sick and miss time in the classroom or the pool that will put us behind. Hey did you know you get an extra hour this weekend (set your clocks back on Saturday night), what are you going to do with yours.

Halloween Story: "

"There was an old woman who had no family still living. Her only friend was a little white dog who went everywhere with her-with one exception. The dog loved the fireplace in wintertime and after the old woman went to bed he would sometimes go in lie in front of the warm cozy fire.

The woman wouldn't allow the dog on the bed with her, but if she became frightened or had a nightmare she would put her hand down to the little white dog and he would lick it reassuringly.

One night the woman was reading her newspaper just before going to sleep. She shivered and pulled the comforter up around her as she read that a mental patient wandered off from a nearby hospital. No one knew if the patient was dangerous of not, he was a suspect in the murders of several woman who had lived alone.

The woman turned out the lights and tried to sleep, but she was frightened and tossed fitfully. Finally, she reached down to where the little white dog slept. Sure enough a wet tongue began to lick her hand. The woman felt reassured and safe, and left hand dangling off the bed as she turned and settled in comfortably. She opened her eyes for a second and looked through the open door into the living room,

There in front of the fireplace, sat her little white dog gazing at the coals and wagging his tail.

Click to play sound: Small Dog