It is Friday, April 4th, 2008. The last day of spring break. The children from Orange county schools go back on Monday , so we had a big day for the day camp participants. The weather was great, so the children went outside for the morning and played games. And then yours truly cooked hamburgers and hot dogs for 30 campers. I smell like a smoker grill as I write this.

After lunch, we hose the kids down. Literally. Since they find it difficult to wash up after lunch, we tell them to go in the locker rooms and change into their swim gear. Then we take them outside and have them play water games, such as a water balloon toss. We also get the hose out and spray them down. And they love it!

After water games, we will have a snack and they will watch a movie. They got "The Pink Panther" with Steve Martin. I will most likely be gone by then after I clean the place up after snack.

By 5:30 p.m., the last of the spring break campers will be on their way home, and back to school on Monday. As for me, I have dinner cooking in the crock pot. So I am just going home, relax, and have dinner while watching the Rays play the Yankees. Providing the weather cooperates.

If you left a comment on my recent blog, I will get back to you later. I have some more work to do.

Maybe it is just me, but the kids look cleaner now than they did upon arriving at the neighborhood center. And the parents notice that as well.

So here I am, eating a bowl of Special K with milk and sliced strawberries this morning, while I am getting ready for work. And as I usually do, I had the television on to get the news and weather forecast for the day. Now here is a story that almost caused me to choke on a strawberry.

Last night, a woman in Brevard County was arrested for DUI after causing a crash on Interstate 95. What really bothered me was that she had her six-year-old daughter with her at the time of the accident. What makes my blood really boil is that the woman left her injured child in the car and made a run for it when the law enforcement officers arrived.

After the authorities captured her, they asked her why she tried to run off. Her response was that is what the people do on "COPS".

How in the hell can a woman just leave her child like that? Especially when the child is hurt, and you are the one at fault?

It is stories like this that really make me appreciate my mother.

And it is stories like this that make me wonder about some people.

If you want to see the video of this story, you can go to www.wftv.com.

And there's Uncle Joe, and he's moving rather slow, at the junction.
(Insert train whistle here.)

Petticoat Junction!

Is it just me, or is Blogstream running rather slow today? I have to wait two to three minutes just to comment on someone's blog?

Anyway, I just wanted to tell everyone to have a nice day.

Now if you excuse me, I am going down to Drucker's Store with Uncle Joe and see if Mr. Drucker has the baseball game on.

I am so glad that baseball season is here.

Now if only Uncle Joe can get his ass in gear,, maybe we will be able to see the first pitch!

Sine I live in Orlando, me and other area residents have to deal with tourists from all over the world. Many people, like me, work at the amusement parks. With the theme parks and the beaches, spring break is a very busy time of year. And the weather is hot at this time of year. Especially if you have come from a place that is slightly above zero and stepping off the plane into eighty degree weather.

All of the places are crowded. Lines are long. And if the weather is hot and something should break down, it makes it all the more unbearable. And I notice that whenever I have a problem with a park guest, it is always an American. When I am helping a park guest from another country, such as England, they are really polite.

People from Brazil? There may be a language problem, but they are usually great customers. Tourists from Japan, Korea, and China? Very polite. And so are people from the European countries and the Middle Eastern countries.

People from Canada? Great! Tourists from the United States? They constantly complain. They expect great service, while they act rude toward the employees. They expect you to do things for them that they can do, and if you are a white, heterosexual male, look out! Some of the people that are a minority will really give you a hard time.

So I wonder. If people act like that here, is it any wonder why some foreign countries do not like tourists from the United States?

And one more thing. Don't ask me to speak Spanish. I do not have tourists from other countries asking me to speak their language. And if you don't like what I just said about that last statement, feel free to leave a comment. And I will be more than happy to respond to you by telling you what you can do with yourself. And I will tell you that in English.

Don't even think of pressing two.

For the rest of ya', have a great day, and I'll holler at ya' later.