Well - last night was the best night of Ryan's life and maybe the best night of his life - it was totally awesome.
Ryan was selected by the Blount County Sports Hall of Fame as the Special Olympian Athlete of the Year for 2006. I cannot begin to tell you what this has meant to him. He was so excited and so proud.
The BCSHOF inducted 10 people last night. Ryan was the first to be honored. We had talked about his acceptance speech and he decided what he wanted to say and I typed it out for him and put it on an index card for him to read. Bless his heart - his voice quivered as he read it but he read it slow and pronounced his words and did a great job. When he finished he received a STANDING OVATION - the ONLY one of the night. There were over 400 people at the banquet and a LOT of them knew Ryan. He received a lovely plaque and was just beaming when he left the platform. My brother and sister-in-law were there and that made the night very special. I did get some pictures and plan to post them here when I figure out how to print them off.
AND we (my boss, my boss's wife and I) have decided to move our office - a BIG undertaking. The people in the front offices of our building have built a new building about 4 miles "down the road" and they invited us to move with them. Now I have become very attached to these people - they are super nice and I just love them all. We plan to be out of our old building by Dec 15. I'm looking forward to it but so dreading the move. The good news is we will be VERY close to the BRAND NEW SUPER WAL-MART being built in west Maryville AND just a stone's throw from my favorite Italian restaurant. AND they are planning on building a new shopping center right across the road - so we will survive.
If we weren't moving with them, I would be in a MASSIVE depression - and I go through a depression every winter anyway - and this would have made it almost unbearable.
So - now all I have to do is "prepare the office to move" - God help me - I know He will.
Peace.
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