BenSpark Family Adventures

Photo-A-Day #02790 There is not much that I find beneficial for working in the office but I do enjoy the unlimited beverages. I occasionally get a Diet Coke from McDonalds and use the cup to refill several times through out the night. Then I have my water bottle with all my stickers on it.

Photo-A-Day #02789 My boss at the Pretzel Factory has a Nintendo Switch 2 and he picked up this special case that makes the Nintendo Switch 2 much heavier and sturdier with better grips on the side. I picked one up for my Switch 2 and I am pretty happy with it overall. Great case for carrying and it even has space for me to store games and take them with me. Now to find a game that is going to hold my attention.

Photo-A-Day #02788 I took some spare dough and rolled it flat through a pasta maker and then sliced it into triangles. They puffed up a lot when they baked and were hollow inside. They were really good with a garlic butter that we use for the pizza crust. I may try these again.

Photo-A-Day #02787 I made a new dip flavor for The Philly Pretzel Factory. I had asked my boss to pick up some Wild Strawberry and blue raspberry flavors. With that I put together a mixture of the two flavors with a themed for the Dungeon Crawler Carl book series. My sign features Princess Donut, yes that is supposed to be a cat. It look smore like a groundhog. There is a running gag where Princess donut says something to the effect of "Carl, you know how I feel about [blank]" and each time it is something she's never mentioned. I also thought that the colors represented Mongo the raptor that is her pet. So this flavor is called Mongo is Appalled (another thing she says often).

Photo-A-Day #02786 Allison has a new position at school. She has moved from the classroom to the front desk and is assisting the Principal. She is still coordinating Aftercare and the lunchroom. But now she does so much more there. I dropped over there today with her glasses and some saline solution, a contact was giving her trouble. While I was there I snapped this photo because  I had not gotten one yesterday on her official first day.

Photo-A-Day #02785 High School has arrived for Andy. Despite lounging around for most of the Summer and having pretty late nights and sleeping later, Andy was up and ready to go at 5am this morning to shower, get packed and head to their girlfriend's house to walk to school together.  When I talked with Andy after school they were very excited about the day. Andy is already making connections with their teachers. Andy is looking forward to their first rotation in CTE which is Carpentry. Their teacher doesn't call Andy by their name but rather, "My Man!" because Andy is so enthused with the program and answers most questions. I'm excited to see where Andy goes with these programs.