You gotta love the game

The rain held off yesterday and I hope we are as lucky today. The humidity is high right now and the air is really heavy. I fear the mosquito population will be huge this year because of all the moisture.

I read last year that Catnip is a very good mosquito repellent. If I give it a shot, I will let you know how it worked.

Yesterday Jess had softball practice from 9-11 and the volleyball practice from 11-1. Drew had baseball practice 6-8. Tonight Jess has a softball game here in Perry.

Nancy had the grandkids over last night and Angie (a sixth grade science teacher - she eats lunch with us on Fridays during the school year) brought her kids over and they all played in the cul-de-sac. Jess setup an obstacle course for them and they played in that for awhile then just rode scooters and played with sidewalk chalk. The cul-de-sac is a good place for the kids to run around. Very few cars and it is easy to keep an eye on them.

Once again, I should have taken some pictures. I am not sure what the hell is wrong with me that I always forget about taking pictures. I could have taken them on my phone so it's not like it was an issue of having to keep a camera around.

Our school administration center is moving to a new building this summer. This morning Nancy and I are meeting with the superintendent, the business office staff and someone from the city to do a walk-through of the new building. The city is purchasing the building and letting us use the second floor. The city offices/chamber of commerce will be on the third floor, the school admin offices will be on the second floor and the first floor will be conference rooms and a reception area.

I agreed to play in a golf tournament next Monday. A guy from work wants to play and I agreed. It is best ball so I can suck and it shouldn't matter. He recently cut his thumb and had to have surgery and is in a cast. He said he can still golf so I guess we will see. If I can't beat a guy in a cast, I am thowing my clubs away!

We have a guy at the country club that lost his hand, not sure how, but he has a hook. He golfs with that damn hook. Maybe we could get him on our team as well. How funny would that be. A guy with a cast and another with a hook and then me. All we need is a guy with an eye patch and I think the picture would be complete.

Ok, off to start my day.

When you are up 18-0, why would you leave your starting pitcher in?

The rain is falling and the thunder and lighting are overhead. Needless to say, I am not a big fan.

So the Bluejays and Jayettes took an ass kickin last night. Drew's team got 10 runned in the 5th inning of their game. Jess and the Jayettes weren't so lucky. They were down 12-0 in the 1st inning and ended up losing 18-0 after 3. They only got through the batting order once and Jess was the only one who didn't strike out. She popped up a ball over third base and the outfielder caught it. The high school boys team also got 10 runned after 4 innings in their game.

Tonight we have nothing!!! Drew has practice at 6 but there are no games on the schedule.

We will still have a few teachers around today but the majority of them will be gone for the summer. We have summer school classes starting today and those will go on until the end of June with the exception of the elementary. They have two sessions and pretty much go through the whole summer. (Those students have to be hating life.)

Summer school is only half days though so not as bad as it could be.

I wish my cold would go away. I am still coughing and have all the cold symptoms. I want to feel good for a change.

So there are some good things going on right now. The summer is just kicking off and the countdown to California is beginning. While school was going on it seemed like that trip was too far away but now that it is june it is just a few weeks away. I hate the travel part but it will be great to be out there.

Tuesday is one of my favorite days of the week lately. There aren't any games or activities and "Hell's Kitchen" is on. The kids and I sit in the front living room and I have a glass of wine and we watch that show. It is the one time of the week we just kind of hang out.

Ok, off to start my day.

What is the world record for having a cold?

It is Monday and the first day of summer break but it seems like every other Monday we have had over the last few months. Cloudy and rainy. Kind of a crappy way to start the week.

This weekend, the weather was perfect. The sun was shining it was warm and not humid.

Jess played in a softball tournament. I was outside in the sun for 10 hours. My face and arms got burned pretty good but seem fine today. They ended up losing two and winning one. Jess is slap bunting and it is really working well. I think she had about a .650 batting average for the day and that is very good.

Drew played a game yesterday. They won 13-12. He had two good hits and made a great play on first. They had runners on 2nd and 3rd. The batter hit the ball to short stop. The short stop threw it to Drew on 1st, he stretch for the catch and made the out, then came off the base and threw to home and got the out at home.

I tried to stay in the shade during his game.

Jess also played in a volleyball leage yesterday. They won both matches.

This week is going to be busy. Drew and Jess both have games tonight. Jess has games, Wed, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

We still have teachers around today and I have some meetings so I really don't count summer break starting until Wednesday, when everyone is gone.

I still have my cough and a bad voice. It is going on three weeks now. This sucks!

Off to start the day.

Tropical weather without the kick ass ocean view

You know what? This completely SUCKS!

Rain - Thunder - Tornadoes - Repeat. That is the patten for last week and NEXT week too. What the hell! Tomorrow is the one day exception to this terrible trend. Saturday is the oasis day but I guess we will have to wait and see it that actually pans out.

I can see by the weather reports that everyone in Nebraska is getting the same crappy treatment we are getting. Whatever happened to the good old days of drought? Maybe hydro-energy is a viable solution after all.

All of the games for yesterday were postponed. Neither one of the kids even had practice yesterday because the weather was bad and there weren't any facilities available to even have an indoor practice.

Jess got some bad news yesterday. Her track coach resigned to take graduate courses. She was pretty important to Jess during the track season and it isn't easy for her to know she won't be there for her next year.

Today is the last day of school for the year. We have a 2 hour early out so the kids will be done shortly after lunch. Jess has finals today and is done after her last final. She should be done around lunch time.

It looks like we are going to get more rain throughout the day today so I would imagine the games for tonight will be cancelled. Jess has a softball tournament here tomorrow but it will depend on the fields to see if that will go on as scheduled.

Golf league was cancelled last night. The course is saturated and they couldn't let carts on the fairways. It is just a mess all over right now.

I need to go to Des Moines so this weekend may be a good time to go. I need to go to SAMs Club to get by bulk purchases and then Drew and I both need haircuts. I also need to get my oil changed.

I guess we will wait and see what the next week brings. It is kind of a drag knowing that it is going to be rainy at least through Thursday. I am pretty sure when this rain trend finishes up it will be 97 degrees and as humid as hell. So much for Spring.

I kind of have a bad attitude for it being Friday.

The complaint store will be open again Monday.

If you are the one doing the rain dance......GIVE IT A BREAK ALREADY!

The weather is a real drag! Drew's game got cancelled last night. The weather really wasn't too bad but the rain from the previous night made the field a muddy mess.

The high school has a mess on there hands with the new athletic complex. It is muddy and even if they can have a game on it, I am not sure the fans can get to the stands to watch. The entire area around the fields is dirt, well mud right now, so to get to the field you would need mud boots.

The ladies at the garbage department are making their rounds in my neighborhood today. I hope they don't get their sun dresses wet. It is golf night and Jess has a softball game. We will have to wait and see what the weather does to see if any of these things will be a go.

If we didn't have golf, I wouldn't be heart broken. I enjoy golf but it should be enjoyable not a chore to do in the crappy weather.

One of the middle school teachers came into my office yesterday and asked if I watched the Big Ten track meet on tv this weekend. I hadn't. Anyway he said Jess' 400 time would have placed her 9th in the finals at that meet. How cool is that? There are 11 division one schools in the Big Ten so if Jess' time was 9th, she would have beaten two of the school's top runners.

One thing about the weather being crappy. I have been home every night this week. It has to be the first time in a long while that I have been home every night. I usually had to teach class or go to a game or meet or something. This week, so far has been clean. Home around 5 and to bed by 10.

Two days of school left!

Hey mom, I have a new drink special for the bar

So last night I drank two glasses of wine and then double dosed on NyQuil (Call it the Medicated Zombie). Needless to say, I am a bit groggy this morning. The coffee isn't helping as much as I would like either.

It rained yesterday and it looks like we are in for the same for the remainder of the week. Today is the exception. I think we get a break from the rain today and then back at it tomorrow.

The people of Parkersburg, Iowa are recovering from a tornado that wiped out their town. It was a level 5 or something like that. Anyway it was the strongest tornado in the state of Iowa since the early 80's. I think 5 people died.

I watched the Undertakers YouTube videos yesterday. How cool is that? Thanks JoDee for sending me the link. It looks like everyone was having a good time.

Drew is supposed to have a makeup game tonight. I guess we wait and see what kind of shape the fields are in. The games for tomorrow and Friday are in question.

This weekend, Jess has a softball tournament here in Perry and then is playing in a volleyball league and the first match is Sunday in Ogden.

I am not sure if it is my cold or all the liquor and medicine I took last night but DANG I am very tired this morning. I need to snap out of it. Maybe next time I only drink on glass of wine...:)

It is less than a month and I will be headed to sunny California. I originally had intended to lose a little weight before I went out there so I didn't look like such a mess at the beach but I am afraid that just isn't going to happen. I have lost my desire to diet or exercise and that is not the road to a beach body.

The kids are getting excited about summer. The middle school is printing report cards today so apparently they aren't doing anything of significance the rest of the year. Jess has three or four finals over the next three days so she is a bit stressed about that.

I seem to be rambling a bit this morning so I think I am going to head out.

I feel like a mucus factory and business is GOOD!

On a scale of 1-10 on the suck-o-meter, this weekend ranked a 7.

I have this terrible chest cold. For the most part I slept the entire weekend. My voice is gone and I hope that I have turned the corner and start feeling better soon.

Sunday I did a bunch of yard work. It was productive but I think it didn't help my cold. As a matter of fact since Sunday, I have felt pretty much like crap. I need to get over this soon.

It is raining today and has rained most of the weekend. Guess what? More rain the rest of the week. This also sucks!

I always try to look at the bright side of any crappy situation. Here is what I have:

• It is Tuesday so a short work week ahead
• This is the last week school is in session so the kids will be out Friday

I am supposed to have a department meeting this morning but if I can't talk, I will have to cancel it and just send out a memo. I will have to have Nancy answer the phone today.

Drew is supposed to have a baseball game tonight. If the rain keeps coming down, I am sure it will be cancelled. As much rain as we have had so far, I will be suprised if they have it. The field is probably a pond right now.

Jess got invited to a volleyball camp by Luther college. The head coach actually wrote her a note on the camp flyer. I am not sure if she will go but it is kind of cool. She was also invited to a camp in Kearney, Nebraska. She would like to go to that one but I am not sure how we could handle it logistically.

So Drew has games today and Friday. Jess has games, Thursday, Friday and Saturday there is a softball tournament here in Perry. We will see what the rain does.

I ended up not taking any pictures this weekend. I really need to make that a priority.

Off to start Tuesday.