Spirit Week

Once again, they’ve moved everything forward in the year in hopes of cramming everything fun in before school is shut down for good for the year. Not that we’re being pessimistic or anything, it’s just…you know, Covid time.

So the third week of school, the second full week, was Spirit Week, aka Homecoming week. This is usually later in the football season, alas, I’m sure they moved it to the second home game (which, coincidentally, was the second game of the season) just so they could say they had it.

Huh. Anyway, whoever came up with the ‘Spirit’ days for this year was, well, less than creative.

They tried to be punny with it by titling the whole thing with something like “Bombers: Turn “UP” the Spirit. Each day, in turn, had some sort of UP in it.

Monday: Mix “UP” Day – wear your clothes backwards – Olivia declared she was NOT going to wear her clothes backwards because that would just annoy her all day. She did let me braid her hair from the bottom up (I almost capitalized the up back there but just couldn’t do it.) That was it for her spirit for Monday.

Tuesday: Grown “UP” day – dress like a grown-up – she decided to wear a leopard print cardigan and some matching shoes because then she’d look like a grown up lady aka an Edon mom. Hahahaha. That’s my girl.

Wednesday: Squad “UP” Day – class colors – Olivia’s class color is black. And guess what else this day was? Picture day, because why wouldn’t it be picture day? I suppose class color day is better than backwards day. Her teacher told Olivia she could bring a ‘picture day’ outfit to change in to but we all know how that would work out. So thanks but no, I’m fine with her seventh grade picture being of her in a black shirt. Maybe we can say it was the start of her twenty-four hour goth phase.

Thursday: Dress “UP” Day – dress your best – she wore pink because that’s how she dresses up. So much for the goth stage.

Friday: Bomber “UP” – wear your blue and gray – this one is self-explanatory.

I think that if they hadn’t tried to put the stupid UP in each day, they might have been able to be a bit more creative. Alas, they didn’t ask for my opinion and if they had I’d have been all…meh.

So since someone else was willing to do the mental work of coming up with this stupid list of spirit days, I should just shut my face.