Summer is coming to an end! Kids are going back to school! We just had our Back-to-School Block Party today. It was supposed to be at a local park where we have the event every year, but because of some stiffs at Richmond's city manager office and the county health department, we had to have the party in the back lot of our youth center. Well, God works in mysterious ways because the party turned out better than last year's party. We had a higher turnout and set-up and clean-up were much easier.

At our block parties, I usually just walk around and make sure the volunteers are doing their jobs (or else I fire them!), but today I made sno-cones. Cherry red, blue raspberry, lime green, or the ever popular grape were the choices. We have grape syrup left over from the last 2 parties that I have not been able to use up. The cherry syrup actually smells like cough medicine, but I did not try a taste test.

We have a lot of volunteers at these events (even if I do fire a few), so I don't get to meet them all, but I am sure that a man who was helping at the popcorn booth is the same man who lives in a van next to the King's Club. I was going to fire him, but all I know about him was what I heard from my boss who was probably heard from our big boss. The man living in the van was on trial for shooting someone, but was not convicted due to insufficient evidence. I let him continue popping corn, as he was doing a better job than the teenager originally assigned the task.