I just received a call from my mom that my good friend Chad Webb who we have known since middle school, and who went to church with at Burnet passed away today. I can't believe it! I feel so incredibly bad for his family and am in utter shock. He had struggled with numerous health problems since he was born and he had a really rough go of it this past year but appeared to be making a good recovery and I think was on a waiting list for a kidney transplant... please, please keep his family in your prayers...I cannot imagine their grief right now.

Death is never easy, but, when it's someone your own age ...it sometimes feels even more profound.

God bless you all.

Hey friends and loved ones! Hope all is well! I was wondering if you guys could text me your cell phone #'s to me if you would like. I got a new phone this weekend b/c my old phone literally broke in half but they couldn't seem to transfer my numbers from my old phone over to my new one so if you want to...please, e-mail me , text me or call me with your phone # and I would be much abliged! Muchas Gracias! :) Happy Halloween everyone! PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER IF SENDING VIA TEXT MESSAGE!!!! Thanks!

-Tyler

Man has this year flown by or what! I can't believe that October is already half over and that Thanksgiving is right around the corner. It seems kind of funny this year because I have talked to multiple people this year about how I am already in the mood for Christmas and they have said that there are in the same mood. I guess Christmas will be extra special this year! I caught myself humming christmas tunes in September! Crazy! I don't think I have anticipated the holiday season as early as I have this year.

In other news, some of the kids I work with at the high school crack me up. They say some of the funniest things and the hardest part is trying not to laugh but sometimes I just cannot help it. Here are a few of the interesting/unique/funny things that my kids have said.

1. I noticed a girl drawing on one of her binders, and so I walked closer to her desk to see what she was drawing and she said, '' I'm drawing an evil baby. Can you help me draw his angry eyes?"

2. I was in a classroom preparing to help some kids on a test. The class period before the school had the drug dogs on campus searching various classrooms with the dog. One of the students in the class said, "I don't like that drug dog, he smelled the bacon I had in my coat pocket...I was going to eat that for lunch". Totally random but extremely funny.

3. Working upstairs in the school library overlooking the commons area below. The drill team was practicing their routine using flags and plastic batallion styled guns. One of the girls threw her gun up into the air but accidently dropped it on it's way down. The kid I was working with pointed and laughed, "Ha ha she dropped her gun...oh that's my cousin, she's the biggest one on the team."

4. One of my students walks up to me and says Mr.Hairston can I go to the bathroom my stomach doesn't feel right. I said, "Yes, but make it quick we have to start reading the rest of this book". He starts walking towards the door but stops in front of a girls desk and farts loudly right in front of her face. The girl looks at me in despair and then stars yelling oh my goodness it stinks! I lost it, I couldn't even contain my laughter. I then tried to keep a straight face and attempted to tell the kid not to do that again.

To sum it up, it's never a boring day when working with students! Happy Friday everyone! :)

I can't believe it! This time tommorrow I will be in Las Vegas with my wonderful cousins Chris, Katrina, Chrystal, Tiffany and our good friend Courtney!!! Good times here we come!!! We are going to be staying at the Stratosphere Hotel! If you guys have any suggestions or know of any cool things to do hit me up and leave me a note/suggestion/message. Cheers! :)

In other news...I came across some funny clips that made me laugh! So, I thought I would share them with you...hope you enjoy!

This evening as I was walking out of Target I saw a bird fly over my head and then all of a sudden a plop on my head. It took me a second to realize but...I had indeed been pooped on by a bird. I though I would get mad but, I then remembered that I had some disinfectant wipes in my truck that I had been meaning to take out for a couple of weeks now. So, I got into my truck, pulled out some wipes and got off all the bird poo only to discover that it had also pooped on my shirt as well. Hmmm...I thought (how inconvenient). Then I realized that I had an extra t-shirt that I had intended to take out my truck too. So I cautiously went into the chick-fil-a, eyes scanning the sky for overhead flying birds. I changed my shirt in the bathroom, washed my hands, and then ordered a grilled chicken sandwich. On my way back home I began thinking of an old Italian tradition that states that if a bird poops on you it is a sign of good luck (or at least that is how it went in the movie "Under the Tuscan Sun"). When I got home I told my mom and dad what happened and said, "It must mean that good luck is headed my way". A few minutes later I was going through my mail and I noticed that I had received a letter from the IRS. Oh boy! I thought to myself my refund check has arrived. But, then I realized that it was not in the normal brown envelope and it was stuffed with a lot of papers. I joked to my mom as I was opening it that perhaps my refund was so big that they had to mail it in an extra big envelope (I hadn't even fully opened the envelope as I was saying this). So, when I finally opened it up it said that I had made a mistake and that I was actually getting more money back than I had originally recorded! So the moral of the story is ...it's not always bad when a bird poops on your head! Lucky me! :)