Editorial

When I go through the drivethrough and pick up my order, whether it’s a prescription, a bank receipt, or an order at a restaurant, I am seldom ever surprised at what’s in the bag. Not that a bag of M&M’s would hurt my feelings, though meds were what was expected.

So, when Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney, 54, was ousted as the chair of the House Republican Conference, it came as no surprise, though former President George Bush 43 would likely have said he was stupefied. But it was not unexpected.

When I returned from a recent trip to Alabama, I looked purposely at the husband and said, with a hint of remorse, “The bus is gone.”

After a moment of silence, he nodded knowingly and said, “I know. I meant to tell you that--I didn’t see it on my last trip home.”

We studied each other for explanation.

“Where is it?” I asked him, although who could expect him to know?

“I don’t know,” he said matter-of-factly. “And why do you move a bus after it’s been parked in the same place for 30 years?” he said, adding another question to my original one.

Following every election is the swearing in of the newly elected or, in the case of the Ennis Independent School District Board of Trustees, the re-elected.

When things are going well, when leadership is making progress and are getting things accomplished, the momentum is often tangible. That is currently the case within the EISD. To those who have called Ennis their hometown for over a decade, you can recall times when smooth sailing in the district was not current. Issues arise and the effort to overcome them can bring a few restless nights of hammering out solutions.

An old adage remains true, work hard, play hard. Like, eat your dinner, get dessert, except working and eating require a huge difference in effort, depending on what’s on your plate.