9-11-2008

It is rainy, muggy and generally uncomfortable today. I think we are going to have wet weather for the remainder of the week and into the weekend.

It was good to have an evening at home last night. I made nacho's for dinner and Drew and I watched TV and relaxed. It was nice.

Today Jess have a volleyball tournament here in Perry. It starts at 4:30. I like the home games.

Not much else going on today. It is trash day so the ladies will be out and about.

The weekend is in plain sight.

I think the light at the end of the tunnel is a train!

Not as cold here today as it was yesterday but it is going to get a little warmer and a bit of humidity is going to return. I think there might be a little rain in the forecast.

The volleyball team lost last night. They won the first game but lost the next two.

My class went well last night. I am part of the Adjunct Council and we had a meeting last night before class. We are working on a certification process for Adjuncts and it is good to be involved in the project.

The students did a nice job in class last night. I tried to change it up a bit and we did a group project during class. It gave them a chance to get up and move around and work together. We had a good discussion after as well. I think the night was a success.

I am glad to be done teaching for the week. Those two days get to be long.

Tonight I have a meeting at 3 and another meeting at 5:30 but it shouldn't last too long so I plan on being home by 6ish.

I received an email from my tenant and he said a pipe is rusted an leaking in the basement. He also said there is water damage in the bathroom upstairs and the floor is turning black.

That dang house is an monkey on my back. It wouldn't be so bad if I had ANY type of construction skills. If I could replace the floorboard and carpet in the bathroom or do some type of repair work it would be better but I just don't know how and don't have the tools. I guess I should have taken shop in high school.

Drew's finger is a little better every day. I am still taping it but I think I will see if he can go without it on Friday. If it is sore after, he would have the weekend to rest it.

Nothing going on tonight. Tomorrow Jess has a volleyball tournament here in Perry and the HS boys football game is in Boone Friday night.

The weekend if rushing upon me....Whoo-hoo!

Is there some type of law about turning the heat on in September?

It is a cold one this morning! When I woke up it was 42 degrees outside and it feels like winter is here already.

Class went well last night. I think I have a pretty good group of students on both Monday and Tuesday nights. It makes a big difference when you have a good group. The classes are more interesting, the class participates in discussion and asks good questions. All in all, it went pretty well.

Tonight I will be teaching at the West campus. I will review my material today and go through some of the exercises. It should go well but you never know until you start.

Drew is back to practicing after his finger injury. His hand is pretty bruised and it still hurts a bit but he is going at it. I bought a finger splint thing and taped and we taped his finger up before practice. Actually I had a meeting so Nancy taped his finger up for him.

Jess has a volleyball match in Adel tonight. I hope they do well.

This weekend is the big Iowa vs Iowa State football game. It is kind of a fun week at school because people wear their team colors and they have a bunch of Iowa vs Iowa State fan games. It is a nice distraction from the day to day grind that life throws at us.

One of the TV station's sports crew loads up in a RV and travels between Ames and Iowa City this week. They live in the RV and broadcast their adventure. It is kind of fun. Although, I am not a big fan of either team, it is a fun week here in Iowa.

School board elections are today. We only have one seat open and the incumbent is running unopposed. There is also an item on the ballot but it is not interesting enough to go into here.

By the way, what is up with the McCain adds. "He fought republicans, she fought republicans". Are they running as Democrats now? Whatever!

Have a great day!

Things are tough all over!

Well, it is Monday and it feels like it. Suckfest!

Rainy and chilly is the forecast and so it my attitude.

Jess played in a softball league yesterday in Ames. They did well. She played 1st base like normal but they also let her play shortstop for a couple innings. She actually played well. She has good speed so she made a couple nice grabs on the run. I am not sure if I have ever seen a lefty play short before.

Drew's thumb is getting better but I think I am going to go to the store today and get a small finger brace and tape it up before he goes to practice today. I think it was hard for him to miss practice for a couple days. He really likes football.

I teach class tonight so it will be a late night for me. It is not so bad because I have my lesson plan for tonight complete so there is plenty of work to cover for class. It is always hard to go through the first two days of the week as I teach class. Those days get long.

Jess has a volleyball match in Adel Tuesday. I will miss it because I teach. She has a tournament here in Perry Thursday. That should be fun to watch. Drew has his first football game Tuesday of next week.

My calf muscle is still giving me fits so I am taking a break from running until I can walk without a limp.

Off to start the week.