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.

I decided to sleep in!

Late volleyball games last night. My calf is still really sore and I decided to sleep in a bit.

Have a good weekend!

Not a big fan of Palin

We had a bit of rain overnight and just some sprinkles this morning. It is still cool but I like this kind of weather right now. It is nice.

Last night Drew came home in tears and he was holding his right hand. He got his hand caught between two helmets. His fingers were swollen and very tender. I had Dawn take him to the emergency room to see if they were broken but it turns out they are just really badly jammed and sore. He has to wear a splint on his hand for a couple of days but he should be fine.

Jess has a volleyball tournament tonight in Adel. It starts at 4:30 so I will have to leave work a bit early to go see it. She is frustrated with the season already and the coach is giving her trouble. The coach actually called Jess last night to talk to her because she was hard on her in practice and knew Jess was upset. She told her she is the core of the team and she needs her to lead the team.

I think it is a bit unfair to put the responsibility of winning on her shoulders. Anyway, I guess we will see how they do tonight.

I went on my run this morning and got a cramp in my right calf. I had to walk the last half of the route. I am not very happy about it but I know if I push it, I can really make it worse.

Today I have a meeting in the morning and the rest of the day I should be able to get work done in my office.

Trash day today...the ladies will be in all their glory!

Pizza is not on my diet menu but MAN does it sound good!

Middle of the week sounds pretty good to me. The weather is cool today. It was 54 when I went for my run. There was a bit of a breeze so it was kind of chilly. Drew got up and met me at the school and he lifted for about a half an hour. I rode the bike and did the stepper for a bit.

Class went pretty well last night. Four hours is a LONG time to teach or to sit in a classroom. It is especially long at night after a full day at work. We did get a lot of material covered and the class went well. I started with 11 in that class and now I am down to 8. It doesn't really matter to me how many students I have in class. It pays the same.

Today I have a training with the staff to conduct. I am teaching them web page design. It is something that I have been putting off but finally am getting done. We have a bunch of web pages on our site and they need to start updating their own pages. It will be good to have this training done but it is a hassle to prep and setup for it. It is the little things like this that get me behind on the technology things I need to do.

Jess' team got their butts kicked in the volleyball tournament last night. I think it boils down to them having a very poor coach. She isn't cut out for coaching and just does a poor job. Of all the coaches in our district she is by far the worst.

Drew has his first football game on Tuesday of next week. I think it is here in Perry so I should be able to see it.

Off to start.

You can call it Tuesday if you want but it still sucks!

Even though it is Tuesday it feels like a Monday. If was fun going back home but 4 hours on the road Sunday and then 4 more hours on the road Monday seemed to wear me out.

Drew has been wanting to lift weights in the morning so after my run I had him meet me at the school and I he got a little lifting in. I hopped on the bike and the eliptical machine while he lifted.

Started my morning at 3:30 am today. Not sure what the deal is with that but I took a little nap yesterday so I think I got plenty of sleep.

Today I have a meeting in the morning and then I teach class in Des Moines tonight. I will be glad when this day is behind me.

The weather is going to be good today. I think we are supposed to get some rain later this week. Maybe even tomorrow.

Jess has her first volleyball match of the year tonight in Dallas Center. I am going to miss it because I am teaching class. I really hate missing her games.

I think I am going to miss a bunch of games this year because of this Tuesday class. She has most of her games on Tuesday or Thursday and a few tournaments on the weekends. Drew's football games are also on Tuesday. If I would have known this I probably wouldn't have accepted the Tuesday night class.

Ok, off to start the day.