Veteran's day means extra hard work

You know, I figured since the veteran's did hard work every day while they were deployed, I could do an extra set of sprints today during my run.  Sure it's 100% not the same, but whatever gets you through the run right?  I won't lie, those sprints were tough too.  Mostly due to the fact that the side rails on the treadmill I was using were broken, so instead of hoping off to slow the tread down, I had to use my arms to pull myself up and hang there until it slowed down enough for me to jump back on without flying off.  The last round of sprints my arms almost didn't support my weight and it could have ended poorly, but I managed to throw myself forward instead of falling backwards, which balanced out the weight enough.  After that though, I did give up, because I didn't want to end up dead or smashed up by the concrete wall behind me.  Also, terrible idea, putting a treadmill in front of a concrete wall, get that worked out!
That's all I did in terms of working out today.  Then after that I took my cousin out to breakfast, since it's been a few months since I've seen him and since he's a veteran and I felt like he deserved it.  My veteran brother was also supposed to join us, but he chose sleep instead.  RUDE.  We were also going to take my veteran grandfather out for dinner tonight, but that fell through.  You like how I worked that into this huh?  I never really thought much about it before, but it's interesting thinking about the fact that we've had family in all the branches of the armed forces.  My grandfather was in the Navy in WWII, fought in some of the biggest battles in Europe, but not D-Day. He was also a lightweight boxer, had 5 matches before hanging up the gloves after a KO in Algiers.  I like to think I picked up my skills from him.  They called him Spider because he moved like a spider.  They might still call him that, I don't actually know. But anyways, my cousin was in the Army and fought in Afghanistan and my brother was a Marine and fought in Afghanistan.  All my grandfather's brothers and sisters were in the armed forces too, during WWII, so I'm pretty sure my family has covered every branch at this point. Not sure about the Air Force, but everything else is covered.  Of course, I have zero pictures from my grandfather's Navy experience, because he still has them at his place, but I do have the pair of wooden shoes that he got in Belgium when he escorted Harry Truman over to the Potsdam Conference.  So, that's cool.  
And now for something completely different...
As you know, I'm all about selling my creative ideas, even though I never actually sell any of them.  My newest one is selling educational anchor charts.  If there was a market for such a thing, I'd have that on lock.  Imagine being able to buy a poster for $5 instead of trying to make one on your own.  Yea, teacher friends, you know what I'm talking about.  Sure, it's nice to make your own, but let's be honest, who has time during the week, and who really wants to do it on the weekends?  Well, except for people like me, who actually have a dedicated drawing area.  So, that's my new plan.  Buy my posters.  Thanks.

Enjoy some pictures now

These are the Belgium shoes, with a locket of my grandparents when they were children.

And a math anchor chart to explain the area model to 4th grade.