Finally Something Blog-Worthy

So when you're a band director, you generally get a lot of junk mail in your box at school generally about using a particular company to sponsor all your school trip needs, or letting you know of performance opportunities around the state, or telling you about fundraising opportunities, but occasionally you come across a magazine or catalogue that you actually can use. I came across such a publication this week and am actually considering putting some things on my Christmas list to have for my students as rewards, books to read to make me a better teacher, or games I can use when I have to have a substitute teacher, but nothing, and I mean nothing prepared me for the following item:

That's right, it's a toliet seat shaped like a guitar. And please note that you can have it in either electric or acoustic! Now, I know that I'm all for putting music in and around your home and extending that to include decor, but I feel that if you think the best way to remind yourself of how much a music lover you are by making sure it's a part of your potty routine, then you may have a problem and need to seek professional help. The best part about finding this little slice of musical heaven was that on the very same page, right below this item was the following sign:

Now, if you're like me (and sometimes I hope you're not), your mind went to a logical conclusion. It was only after my wife pointed out that this sign could hang on any door did I even consider that it went anywhere other than that same potty door. I had a great laugh over this one, that there would be someone somewhere in the world that would have that sign hanging on their restroom door while sitting on a guitar-shaped toilet seat was an image that I couldn't pass up blogging about, and since nothing of consequence has occurred at school yet, I took this as my blogging opportunity (don't worry, we haven't had an away game, and I haven't had to move any percussion equipment yet, so there's still time to hear a funny story from football season). I have also come to the conclusion that one reason for my lack of blogging this summer is due to the ease of using another website.

I found myself many a time over the summer formulating a blog post only to have it come down to one or two sentences that could easily be explained through a status update, and therefore had no need of a full blog. One blog I did think about posting, but I don't have any pictures to go along with the experience, was how surreal it was for me to take my daughter to my parents house over the summer and stay in a place where I spent a lot of time as a young boy. It was very strange to see her doing a lot of the same activities in the same place I did them when I was around her same age. Thanks for sticking with me through this drought of time I call summer (the hottest on record for San Antonio in over a decade, thanks vortex of dryness!), and I'm sure like I said that with school starting back the musical musings will be coming with more regularity.