DON ANDREW GRADUATIONED

Grandma Sancha couldn’t stand it much longer so we loaded up the wagon and headed east. Actually, as Don Andrew said it, Grandma had to get her heart fixed and then came to see me. She had some tests run a couple of weeks prior to this visit so we went by the specialist’s office for the great results.

We finally got to our destination. Don Andrew talked to us on the phone to tell us where to go. We were to meet them at Joe’s Pizza, which Don Andrew said would be easy to find because there was a real big Bob the Tomato sign on the front of the pizza place.

We had not been at Joe’s Pizza very long when Don Andrew said, Grandpa! Our young knight was just trying to get his old squire’s attention. He was really excited. Grandpa, I graduationed last night. I graduationed all the way to the church building. That last statement left this old laborer in a world of befuddlement. How can anyone graduate all the way to the church building. That must have been quite a graduation ceremony for a bunch of 4 & 5 year olds.

It was actually sometime later when we learned that Don Andrew had graduated from one of those Day Care holding facilities, which was in a house, to move on next year to another Day Care holding facility which will be housed in a church building. That really makes good sense. Grandpa Sancho knew Don Andrew knew what he was saying. This old sharecropper was just a little slow; perhaps due to the many miles on the trail and the lack of food.

We had to celebrate Don Andrew’s graduation, so Don Andrew, Grandpa Sancho and Uncle Jeff went fishing in the local lake. Boy, was that a hoot! We did get to see one turtle try to get on Don Andrew’s line. This might just be the only fish-less lake anywhere. Anyway, Don Andrew enjoyed throwing rocks into the lake much more that fishing, he chased the ducks, and even had fun cleaning off the poor old worms and throwing them in the lake. We still didn’t see any fish but Uncle Jeff got Don Andrew to kiss one of the wormies goodbye. And then the rains came.