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.

But you really don't know "the rest of the story".

Well, the ladies in their sun dresses and bonnets will be around to pick up my garbage today. I hope they don't get a run in their hose. It rained last night and I wish I would have put my bags out last night so they would be wet and heavy today for the bastards.

Isn't it great to start the day with such a sunny attitude.

Ok, so we had some rain last night and it is going to be nice the rest of the day. I think it is supposed to be nice the rest of the week and into the long weekend. I am planning on going to Exeter Sunday morning and come back Monday sometime. We will be in no hurry to leave Monday, Jess doesn't have practice until 7pm.

Life is moving along very quickly right now. Work is still the same mess it has been for the last couple months. The kids are practicing every night and the first HS football game is Friday here at home. Jess have a exhibition scrimmage against Ogden Friday night here in the gym before the football game. I think her match is at 5:15.

I really don't have any thing planned for Saturday. I need to cut the grass and maybe work on prepping for my classes Monday and Tuesday. Four hours is long time to have a class so the prep is always time consuming.

I have a meeting this morning and then some scheduled work this afternoon. It seems like there are not enough hours in the day to get all that I need to get done....done. I guess you just do what you can and go at it day to day. The biggest obstacle is attitude. It is hard to stay positive when you are working like a dog and people act like you aren't getting things done. They just don't know all of the things we HAVE done, it just might not be the thing THEY wanted. With 300 staff members, we can't fix everything in a day or even a week. (Take a breath Rich)

Ok, off to start the day.

I really can't think of a good title today

I think we might get a little rain today. It is actually a good thing because we haven't had rain in a long time and the grass is starting to burn up. A little rain will be good.

Class went well last night. I have 11 people signed up but only 9 people were in class. It is going to be a pretty good group. Most of the students didn't have their books because there was a computer issue at the bookstore and they were unable buy them. I got my books about 40 minutes before class so I had to rush and put together the rest of my lesson plan.

I kept the class until about 9:20 so I was home a little after 10. It is good to be done with classes for the week.

Drew went to the orthodontist yesterday and needs braces but first they have to put in spacers because his teeth are coming in behind the others.

My tenants paid a little rent yesterday and are going to pay a little more at the end of the week. They are still down about $125 for this month and the first is just around the corner. They are yet to pay the deposit.

Work is still busy but that isn't new. I hope that we get a big chunk of issues resolved by the end of the week.

Off to start again!

Is this some sort of cosmic prank?

So I was able to get a better night sleep last night. I took the melatonine and that seemed to do the trick. I slept from 9 until 4 so that is much, much better.

Yesterday was very, very busy with Nancy being gone most of the day. It was one of those days where you work like crazy but never seem to get much accomplished.

I had my first class last night and it was a bust! It started when I realized I didn't have any of the teacher's material that usually comes with the book. I didn't have the presentations or the quiz generator or any of the things that make my life a bit easier. So I work most of the weekend getting that stuff ready and doing it all from scratch.

As class time approaches, we lose our Internet connection. A line got cut or something in Adel and it knocked out our Internet, the cable TV in town and some phone lines. The connection was necessary for about half of my class activities so I am already in a hurt.

We start class and I am going over the material and I start to talk about the books and the CD's that go with them when I notice they don't have the same CD's I do. Upon a closer look, THEY SENT ME THE WRONG TEXTBOOK!!!! ALL of the stuff I had planned for class just went up in smoke. No Internet connection, different book, so the assignment I was planning on giving them they could not possible do because they had a different book.

In the end we talked about class a bit and I let them go home. I have to go through this again tonight so I need to contact DMACC today to see if I can get a copy of the correct books for class. UGH!

It can only get better from here.....right?