With gas prices so high, do you think the moped will become cool again?

Finally Friday and I couldn't be happier about it. The weather is still complete crap and it will be crap tomorrow and Sunday but next week looks to be awesome.

It is a bit easier to take this weather when it is Friday and the outlook for the next week is good.

Life is always full of little dramas but I am going to put it all behind me today. I am not waiting until Monday to have a better attitude. The attitude change starts TODAY!

Last night it thundered and lightninged (is that even a word?).

There are no meetings on the schedule for today and I have some office work I need to do that will keep me busy. My car is fixed and runs well so besides the weather, it should be a good day.

This weekend Jess is supposed to have a track meet but I am pretty sure it will be cancelled. Other than that, we really don't have plans so I should be able to get things done around the house. Jess has a volleyball tournament in Minneapolis next weekend. They will leave Friday night or Saturday morning and will be back Monday night late. She has a track meet Tuesday after she gets back so she will have to get plenty of rest in the car and try to eat well.

Drew has let his grades dip a bit as of late and I think it is hormonal. He is an A or high B student and he has a couple classes his grade has dropped to a C. I talked to his teachers and they say he has been spending more and more class time talking to the girls. Uh-oh! I grounded him and we are working on getting the grades backup together. I help him with his spelling words during the week so he should be getting back on track shortly.

Yes, I know mom. I had plenty of C's.

Ok, it is time to head off for the weekend. I hope things go well today.

Don't tell me anything, I don't want to know

The rain is coming down like the weather people predicted. A "massive" storm system is moving through central Iowa today with a chance of SNOW tomorrow.

So I have been working on my attitude lately and giving it the good ol' "college try". Postive thoughts and postive actions. I even donated blood yesterday morning. Then Karma ran up behind me and kicked me in the crotch!

I went to get lunch yesterday and started backing my car out of the parking lot and I heard this terrible sound. Come to find out, the rear spring, that holds the car up off the tire, had broken and the car was un-drivable. I had to call a tow truck and have it hauled to the mechanic. It should be fixed today sometime.

On the bright side, Jessica's car got fixed up yesterday so I will be able to drive that this morning. I have a meeting at the school administration center so I need a vehicle.

We are supposed to have track meets today but I think they will both be cancelled. The weather is just too crappy. We are also supposed to have a track meet Saturday and I would imagine it will get cancelled as well since it is supposed to SNOW THAT DAY!!!!! What the hell.

So I am really trying to have a good attitude. I really am trying. The thing I am hanging on to at this point is the weather is supposed to be nice Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Sunshine and 60's.

Class went pretty well last night. I am glad I am done teaching for the week. DMACC asked me to teach in Perry on Monday and at West Campus on Tuesdays this Fall. I told them I would. It is good money and good experience. I guess they must think I am doing a pretty good job to ask me back again. That is good.

Two meetings today and then nothing for Friday. It will be good to have a day on my calendar that is blank.

My tenants keep calling me with little needs and wants. They are nice people and want to make the house their home but they act like I should just pour money into it because they want to make it nice. If I was going to pour money into it, I would have done it when I lived there. I wonder how many calls I will get in the next week.

Here's my plan. I will continue to complain tomorrow. So be ready! Monday, I turn over a new leaf and become more pleseant. The sun should help and I am going to try to work on relaxation this weekend. If all goes well, Monday will be only happy thought.

I have to go so I can put out the garbage for the princesses to pickup.

I think there's a duck under my chair

Today looks like the only day of the week that that weather is going to be decent. At this point, I will take what I can get.

I have two meetings today and teach class tonight. Only three more classes left and the last class is the final. Final night I really don't teach, I just give them the test. It will also be a very short night.

Tomorrow we are supposed to get rain and more rain and then.....more rain. This is supposed to go through Friday and even some snow flurries mixed in as the temps drop. Saturday we are going to ge a high of 40 degrees. Of course Jess has a track meet that day so I am sure on top of it being cold, the wind will probably be whipping around too. I try my hardest not to say bad thigs about mother nature but she must be pissed.

I watch this show called "Hell's Kitchen" and they always cook something called Rizotto. I think it is sauteed onions, white wine, chicken stock, cream, and rice. It appears to be pretty tempremental and there are a variety of ways to make it. Some have crab meat for example. It sounds good to me and I may try to make it one of these weekends. Other than that, there is not point to this story.

I have a cabinet meeting tomorrow. The cabinet is the management group of the district. All of the directors and principals are part of this group and we meet once a month to talk about district issues. We are doing a book study on having a positive attitude and blah, blah, blah. It is kind of a self help type of book. I would rather do something with team building or leadership but this is what the Superintentent gave us. Anyway, this week we are supposed to go on a Positivity diet. We were supposed to start last week and the first day listen or read inspirational material, second day work on positive self talk, blah, blah, blah.

I really am not a fan of this stuff and just didn't do it. My guess is, nobody did it. We are discussing it tomorrow and I am curious to see what kind of BS comes out of the mouths of everyone. "Oh Yeah!, I feel so much better with this positive thinking...."; "I can't believe the change in my stress level now that I am thinking positively"....PUKE!!!!! What a croc! I will tell you how it goes tomorrow but I am sure there will be plenty of ass kissing and smoke blowing. Whatever!

By the way......Let's give the Olypic torch runners a hand gun. Stupid bastard protestors want to take their misplaced anger out on a symbol of unity.......say hello to my little friend....pop,pop,pop. Ok, maybe that was a bit harsh. How about a tazer?

I am just a little ray of sunshine lately. The good news is, I can feel my mood shifting and getting a bit better. Monday was rough. Tuesday rough, today a bit better. I hope putting out the garbage tomorrow in pouring rain doesn't make me back slide.

Ok, I am off to make the world a better place.

My interest rate dropped again today

I think I need to be on a beach somewhere.

This week has started out rough and it doesn't seem to be getting any better today. I am sure you could tell by the post yesterday that I was a bit grouchy. Well, day two same attitude.

It is the little things in life that have the most impact. We don't always have big events that change our lives but it is the little things that shape your attitude. A nice sunny day with the birds singing, green grass and a mild breeze. These are a few of my favorite things, as the song goes.

Well, the opposite it true. Phone ringing, needy people, childish behavior, irrational behavior, yada yada yada.....bad attitude.

I think I need a vacation.

If truth be told. I can handle all the stuff that is occuring around me. What I am having trouble dealing with is the CRAPPY WEATHER. There is something called SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), maybe I have that. It looks like the sun may be showing this weekend.

Jess had a track meet last night. I was teaching class so I didn't go. She won the long jump and they put her in three relays instead of her normal 400 and 800. I think they were trying to see if they could get more team points by having her anchor some relays and then catch up after the first three sucky runners got way behind.

It didn't work out so well. They got 3rd in the distance medley. I think that is the first time all year she hasn't gotten 1st or 2nd in an event she was in. They got second in the 4x400 and 1st in the Sprint Medley. That relay broke the meet record. She should to to state in that event, the 400 and the 800.

I am kind of irritated with the coaches for putting her in the crappy relays. She would have gotten 4 golds if she would have run her normal events. She had a shot at breaking the meet record in the open 400 if she would have run it.

Drew is practicing high jump and the hurdels this year. He has his first track meet Thursday. It is supposed to rain, thunder and lightning. Stupid weather!

Looking ahead. Nothing tonight. Wednesday I teach in Des Moines. Thursday both kids have track meets, weather permitting. Friday - nothing. Saturday - Jess has a track meet at Saydel.

Off to start my Tuesady.

I don't even know where to start

So there is NO WAY, I can stay in the midwest when I retire. This weather completely and utterly SUCKS!!!!

We have a nice day then three days of crap, then another nice day then back into the sewer. If it is warmer, it is about 100 mph wind and then it gets cold, or rains, or both. PLUS, it is Monday for God's sake. Not the best way to start my week.

I teach class tonight, Jess has a track meet and Drew has track and baseball practice. I still haven't recieved a game schedule for baseball yet and that is a bit annoying.

The weekend was pretty good. Friday night Jess had a track meet. She ran the 400 and set a meet record at a time of 59.5 seconds. She also ran the 800 and got first in that. She ended up second in the longjump and they got first in the Sprint Medley relay. Three golds and a silver.

Saturday, we cleaned her car up and then went to Nancy's. Nancy had to help her parents move and they had her son's dog (long story) so we went over and puppy sat for a few hours. We played Wii and Playstation 3 and enjoyed their HDTV. It was nice outside and we spent most of the day inside playing games but thats ok. We watched a movie Saturday night and it was kind of stupid but the kids watched with me and that was nice.

Sunday, I worked a bit, went to the store with Jess. She had volleyball practice at 2. Has anyone noticed the price of coffee these days? For crying out loud!

Dang! I think I have a really bad attitude today. Notice all the exclamation points?

This morning I have a meeting with the Superintentent. I will try to tone it down for that.

Here is the weather forcast for the week. Ok today and then rain tonight and tomorrow. Wednesday, mediocre but at least no rain. Rain - Thursday and Friday. UGH!

Maybe I need to go to a tanning bed just to get the sensation of warm sun on my face. Maybe that would help my mood.

Charlton Heston died this weekend. I guess we can pry the gun from his hand now.

I had a flash of anxiety last night for no apparent reason. As I sat in the living room watching an episode of "My Name is Earl" (Tivo). I am trying to figure out why I feel this tightness in my chest and a rush of anxiety. You know the feeling you get when you are about to give a speech or do something that makes you realy nervous? That feeling. It might have been indegestion but I am not sure why I had the feeling of anxiety. There really isn't anything going on right now that makes me anxious.

Maybe I need to start meditating or something.

I will try to provide more sunshine tomorrow in the blog.

I made a manacotti bake thing and we had salad and bread.