St. Louis Bob said:
Part my walk with the boys in the morning is up to around their school. There isn't a reason for this other than with all of the construction with the new highway, there isn't a lot of places to walk where I feel safe having them that close to the street. At the end of last year we got gift cards for all of their teachers and principal. Pretty standard for most if not all of you I'm guessing. It occurred to me when we were down at the lake that I forgot some really important people, the custodians. So I e-mailed the principal and told him I would like to buy them lunch, whatever they liked. Thankfully they made it easy on me and settled with Pizza Hut. I made sure there was enough where they would each have plenty to bring home as well. I'm not posting this as LOOK AT ME!!! as much as a PSA that you might want to remember the ones behind the scene that you never see at parent teacher conferences but are important. As somebody that worked in a dirty warehouse for many years, I remember well what it felt like to feel like a forgotten one.
Today when we were up there, a couple of the custodians were driving to the store I guess and spotted us. They pulled the car over and said hello to the boys, each by name, and my boys knew their name too. Then they both sincerely thanked me for lunch.
One of the best things to happen to me in awhile. I'm probably going to be really drunk the next 3-4 days so Beerhole® is coming JIT.