Donkey Basketball

As a high school teacher, I make lesson plans, hand out detentions, listen to the problems of teenagers (which are sometimes very legitimate problems), teach Literature, Writing, and Grammar, sponsor the Class of 2014 and Drama Club, and play basketball while riding a donkey. Yes. In order to raise money for the Class of 2013, so that MY sponsored kids will have a great Senior Prom, I agreed to play on a team...

There were four teams- 2 student teams, 1 community team, and my team- the staff team (We called ourselves Staff Infection... ;)) There were 2 games initially, and then the winners of those two games would play each other in a championship game. In between the playoff games and the championship, every kid 12 and under got a free donkey ride.

My first donkey was Snuffy- and I absolutely fell in love with him. I had talked to the trainer beforehand, because I was only going to do it if I was positive the donkeys were being treated right and that they didn't hate this game. He convinced me. He's been with the company 4 years, and he's traveled 8 months of each year with the exact same donkeys. They're like his family. My second donkey, Wild Thing, was 29 years old and had been doing it all of his life. He was definitely in charge out there- you couldn't make him do ANYTHING he didn't feel like doing. He was awesome.

The staff won the playoff game AND the championship. We rocked. :)