Sunny and Hump Day

It is a beautiful day today. This is a great way to finish up a week. We are expected to be in the upper 70's to low 80's the rest of the week. WHOOO - HOOO!!!!

Drew is a working man. He had to cut the neighbor's yard last night after baseball practice. He really was not in the mood but he didn't complain he just went and got it done. I was proud of his attitude and it made me smile to see him working out there last night.

I made cheeseburgers on the grill and rice as a side. It is nice to have BBQ weather again. I think my grill will see quite a bit of action over the next few months.

Jess had practice and cleaned the kitchen. It has really been a calm week to this point. I am so used to having several activities going on and this week has been pretty slow. Drew has a baseball game tomorrow night and then Jess has her big track meet on Friday. The weather for both is predicted to be very good.

Since my last post was a bit boring I thought I would add some morning humor today.

* A mushroom walks into a bar. The bartender says, get the hell out of here, we don't serve your kind here. The mushroom says "Why not, I'm a fungi."

* A guy walks into a bar with jumper cables. The bartender says "You can stay but don't start anything."

* A grasshopper walks into a bar and the bartender says "Hey you are a local celebrity around here. We have a drink named after you." The grasshopper says "You have a drink named Steve?"

HAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHA

Have a good day.

Rain Away

The rain is finally moving out of the area. It was pretty much done yesterday but they cancelled Jessica's track meet anyway. I think they had a lot of standing water on the field. They will have the conference meet next Monday.

Jess has the District meet on Friday. If she qualifies for state at that meet she will run at 1:30 on Thursday the 17th at state. I think the coaches are assuming she is in but a lot can happen in a week. I am kind of glad the conference meet was cancelled because it gives her a good week of training before Friday.

The rest of the day was uneventful. Work is busy. I love to do the technology work, it is the people problems that I find less than desireable. I think I need to find a way to relax!

I will post more tomorrow.

Mother Nature Still Stickin it to Us!

I wonder if anyone has started building an arc? This weather is horrible! Rain, Rain, Rain, Rain....Clouds, Clouds, Clouds..Repeat. I have always said that bad weather helps us appreciate the good weather. I am past that point. I think we are entitled some good weather from time to time and it is currently long overdue.

It was an uneventful weekend. It was Prom here and Jessica was a server for the dinner. She and a few of her friends had a good time checking out the dreses and the decorations. Drew went to a birthday party on Friday night and then spent the day at another friends house on Saturday. Sunday he slept most of the day.

We were scheduled to have a baseball game on Sunday. I was going to ump and I think Drew was scheduled to pitch. Not a good combination but it got rained out so mother nature spared me on that one.

Jessica is supposed to have her conference track meet today but it looks like rain all day so if they have it, I am sure it will be miserable. They have a rain make-up day for next Monday if they cancel today. She has the District meet to qualify for State on Friday. The weather is predicted to be good by then.

I have a very busy week ahead. Lots of meetings and still a load of work. I drank two glasses of wine last night to prepare me for the week. My dreams were crazy last night and I wonder if it had anything to do with the wine.

Summer is just a month away. School gets out June 6th. I am really looking forward to school being out and working on my projects.

We are going live with our online payment option at school today. I have everything setup and I will just make the link live and post the information on how to make it work, today. I am hoping to get a majority of the kids registered before they go home for summer. I eventually want to do away with August registration.

I will post pictures and results of the track meet tomorrow, if the weather doesn't postpone it.

Gloomy Friday

It is a wet and cloudy Friday. I have had enough of the clouds and rain for awhile. It is rather depressing. It looks like the rain will last today and then start up again Sunday night and keep going through Tuesday. What a drag!

Jessica had a wet, windy and cold track meet last night. She placed 2nd in the long jump, 1st in the open 400 and 2nd in the Sprint Medley relay. The team left early because the weather was so terrible. They left before the last two events. When she got home Jess said she was as cold as she could be and it was the worst track meet to run in. I told her, at least it kept your mind off being nervous....lol

Drew's baseball game was called off. It was an out of town game, about 30 minutes away. We were just entering the town so we had driven about 29 miles and my cell phone rings. Game called off!!! Nice timing. They didn't call the game until 5:15 and we were supposed to be there by 5:30. So we wasted precious gas for no apparent reason.

I am the home plate umpire for Drew's game on Sunday. I don't mind doing it but it is more fun to be a fan sitting in a lawn chair. I have two home plate umpire duties and two base umpire duties.

Things are busy as usual at work. I am constantly torn between real work and meetings. I like the work part of my job. The meeting part is a time consuming necessity. Wednesday, I felt like my brain was just full. No more room - No Vacancy - done! I am better today. Either my brain has more room now or I just forgot some stuff....lol

We are getting close to the end of the school year. The last day of school is June 6. It will be good to have summer here. Nancy, me and Joyce (she is the HS guidance office secretary) go to California at the end of June. We are going to training for a new school administration system. It is a full week and located at the Disneyland hotel. How cool is that? I will post more details on that as we get closer to the end of June.

With Drew's game Sunday and Jessica's conference track meet Monday. I hope to have more pictures to put up next week.

Is It Really Wednesday?

I can't believe it is hump day already. This week has started quick. I hope the rest of the week goes as fast. The weather has been wonderful and it seems like that trend is going to continue for the rest of the week.

Day two of my running regiment went much better. I completed the run without stopping. It was still a struggle but nothing like the day before. I am hoping each day gets a bit better.

Jessica was telling me a funny story yesterday. She has a keyboarding class and it is very easy. The instructor makes the class turn off their monitors when she is talking. Jessica and a friend of hers sit side by side kind of off to the side of the room. When the teacher makes them turn off the monitor, they just keep working with their monitor off. They know what they are typing and if they make a mistake they just fix it when she lets them turn them back on. So I can imagine this teacher thinking she has their strick attention because the monitors are off and most of the kids are still slowly keying so they can keep working, ignoring her the whole time. I can understand the kids point, how much instruction do you need in keyboarding?

Drew had practice last night. The coach told him he will be the starting pitcher on Thursday. I personally hate that he pitches. It is way too nerve racking for me. He is excited so I hope he does well tomorrow. I am going to the game and will take some pics for the blog.

Jess has a track meet tomorrow as well. I think there may be some light showers in the forecast. I hope it hold off until our activities are done.

Next week is a big week. Jessica has the conference meet on Monday and Districts on Friday. I am sure she will do well.

Softball practice has unofficially started as well. Jess has to go Monday, Wednesday and Sunday nights.

Drew is mowing the neighbors yard for a summer job. He gets ten bucks each time so it gives him a little spending money.

Nancy was grouchy yesterday. I hope she is better today. It makes for a long day when the office is tense.

Rolling Along

I made it through Monday. The week is rolling along as usual. It was kind of hot yesterday. I think we got up to 90 but it was kind of a nice change.

Work is busy this week. I have a bunch of things to get caught up on and there are always new issues to deal with. I have a few meetings today and hope to get some work done in between. Drew and Jess just have practice tonight so it should be a relatively uneventful day.

I posted some pictures of the trip to Redmond. I really had a good time and hope to get a chance to go out there again. The asked us if we would be willing to come up again sometime and work with them on other projects. We, of course, said yes. I really hope we get to do it again.

I went for a run yesterday and it was not a good experience. I haven't been on a run in a month or so but it felt like I hadn't run in a couple of years. I usually have to run slow if I haven't run in awhile but I never feel wiped out. Yesterday I felt wiped out. I had to stop three or four times on the run. That typically doesn't happen. I hope today's run goes better. I am sure it can't be any worse.

It should take about a month of consistent running before I am able to get a good handle on my pace and time. Right now I am just trying to make it through. I have to get my body in decent shape if I plan to live forever...:)

I hope things are going well for everyone at home. I miss you all.

All Kinds of Stuff

I made it back from Redmond. There was plenty of suspense and drama in the trip. Travel was the main culprit for both but the time at Microsoft was fun. There is so much to talk about it is hard to put it down in a blog.

Jessica had a track meet last week and got third in the long jump and 1st in the open 400. She ran 60.5 which was a new meet record so she was happy about that. The Sprint Medley team also got first and have a shot at getting to state. The competition is getting tight for spots on that team. The 100 runners are all competing for a spot and one of the girls who was on got bumped by a girl with a faster time. Plenty of drama in that one.

Her next track meet is Thursday in Des Moines.

Drew had a game this weekend. They lost but it was mostly because they played so poorly. The pitchers (Drew did not pitch this game) gave up 9 runs on only 4 hits. They walked around 12 or 13 kids. It was a shame because the team they beat is not that solid. May be a long season. Drew has his next game Thursday - Yes, the same day as Jessica's track meet. I am going to Drew's game this time.

I start back at work today. WHOO-HOOO!!! I have mixed emotions about it. One one hand I kind of want to get back and get some of the things done that I have on my list. On the other hand, being back to the same old grind is not a happy thought.

The weather was awesome this weekend and the kids played outside for much of it. The neighborhood is really great when it comes to having kids around and a bunch of things to do. There were about 12 kids running around the cul-de-sac this weekend. They all seemed to be having a great time.

I have some pictures of the trip to Redmond to post and a few stories about the travel as well. I will post them later this week.