Everything Going On

Wow, has it really been a month since I wrote anything? I have been super busy this last month with work, school, and of course FOOTBALL. In case you haven't heard, the Logan Rogersville Wildcats won the quarterfinal game against the Cassville Wildcats. This was a major big deal for our team, as we have lost in this round to Cassville for the last 3 years, so this will make the first time in LR history that we have made it to the semifinals. That means we are one win away from going to the Jones Dome in St Louis for the Show Me Bowl state finals over Thanksgiving weekend. We have to play Richmond next Saturday, and I hope we play at home, because it is a 4 hour drive up there and I have chemistry lab next Saturday, so if we have to play in Richmond, I will miss the game. That will really be a bummer, but I will be able to go to the finals in St Louis, so that will be awesome! I printed out a bunch of pics from the game today, and I wondered just how many pics I could print before I ran out of ink. Turns out that about 15 full page prints will use up quite a bit of ink!! My husband and oldest son went to the woods early this morning for opening day of deer season, but no luck today. Maybe they will have better luck tomorrow. I may go with tomorrow, though I have been going for the last 11 years and have yet to get anything. It's not that I haven't seen any, just no luck getting one to shoot at. The first year I went I had an awesome 6 point standing about 30 feet from me and I just didn't know what to do. I may not have gotten him, but I will always have that memory of looking at him while he was looking at me. The funny thing was, he just stood up out of the field, and I don't think he even knew I was there until he stood up. I have gotten really good through the years at processing the ones that my husband and son get. My younger son has also never gotten one, but my older son gets one almost every year. I guess he got all the luck in the family. I do like a fresh venison roast for Thanksgiving dinner, because to me it just seems more traditional than turkey. I am pretty sure the pilgrims and Indians had venison on the first Thanksgiving.

Midterms

It is hard to believe the fall semester is half over and I am already thinking about registering for next semester!!. I did find out that two of my classes will actuallly have to be seated classes, so I might get to see some people that I have only met by computer so far. I am looking forward to it. Midterm grades are in and I am happy! I have had a few bumps in the road and a minor meltdown or two, but I have to say it has been worth it. I just keep focusing on my final goal and try to take things one day at a time. I am looking forward to a time when I can start getting more sleep though. Maybe next summer when I wont have so many classes to take. Though I do plan to garden again next summer and that is best done early in the morning. I finally pulled up the last of my plants today after harvesting the last of my veggies in anticipation of the freeze this week. I did end up with a 5 gallon bucket full of tomatoes and peppers. I didnt realize I had that much still on the plants. I am going to try fewer plants next time in hopes of better yield. I did get a bit carried away in the spirit of buying starters this spring. I am also thinking about growing some different things next time, maybe some broccoli and carrots and onions. I might try potatoes again, if the mice dont get to them.
I am sitting here listening to the wind pick up, so I think it will be storming soon. I do love a good thunderstorm! As long as it doesnt rain on Friday, because I hate going to football games in the rain. We won our game last Friday against Mt. Grove, just 2 more to go for the regular season, then on to post season play. We are going to be the featured game of the week on KY3 this Friday, so watch the news if you can. I found a cool new series on TV to watch, called The Walking Dead, on Sunday nights on AMC. It is about life after the zombies take over. Not too scary, but more in the spirit of the Night of the Living Dead movies, if you are old enough to remember those. I am still trying to finish the Fire of Heaven trilogy, though I havent had too much time to read lately, I did take about an hour on Sunday to just relax and read. Well, time to go before the power does, the lights are flickering a bit.

Sad Days

It was a sad weekend in Wildcat country after a big loss Friday to Bolivar. The first half started good and we were only down by one touchdown at the end of the half, which gave me hope for a quick recovery in the second half. However, during the second half we literally got our rearends handed to us on a platter with gravy. The Bolivar defensive line could stop a mack truck and trying to tackle the offense looked like the coyote trying to catch the roadrunner! The good news is that the loss didnt affect our district standings, which is what counts when you are trying to get to state. I have been keeping the weekend after Thanksgiving open for the last two years, and this year will be the same because that is when the state championship game is. I truly hope that this will be our year. We have to go to Mt. Grove this Friday, then home for the last 2 games. Go Wildcats!!! Went for a drive  out in the country today, just to get away from homework and the computer for a bit. The color in the trees is absolutely gorgeous! I am surprised at how much color there is with so little rainfall, but then rain will just bring the leaves down and then I will have to rake. I picked some more tomatoes and bell peppers today, wont be long and that will be all for the year. I am just trying to enjoy it while it lasts. I did see 2 turkey today while we were driving, and several yesterday while out hitting the last few yard sales of the season. It was a really nice day to be out and I got a few good deals as well. Looks like we are supposed to get a little rain this week then cooler weather, so it will finally feel like October. My older son went bow hunting today. He didnt get any, but he did see several including a really large buck. I think he will go out again next weekend and I hope he has some luck. Venison in the freezer is always a good thing, and I am ready as I got all my butcher knives sharpened at Bass Pro last week. So maybe the sad days this weekend are going to be happy days this week.

What's Going On

It has been a little bit since I last posted. Last week was crazy busy with school work. I did do pretty good on the three tests I took 2 weeks ago. I really think that taking a nutrition test, an A&P test and a chemistry test all on the same day was a bit crazy. I think next time I will try to space it out a bit. I was on call that week, though, and I didnt want to get disturbed while testing so the Saturday date did work better. I had an Algebra test last week and that went pretty good as well. I did have a minor meltdown last Sunday night trying to get my chemistry homework done. Note to self, do not put off chemistry homework until the last minute!!! It is hard to believe that the semester is almost halfway over. WOW!!! I have got to get my nursing school application turned in soon. I guess I could have already turned it in, but I wanted to wait and be sure that I was going to do OK in my prerequisite classes and that doing them online was really going to work for me. I lucked up about a week ago and got ahold of a small computer desk that someone was giving away, so now I have a little office area set up in the corner of my bedroom and that is working out much better than trying to do homework at the kitchen table. Right now, I am sitting here with my dog in my lap, and that is the best part of doing homework at home. I had a chemistry lab today, and took a quiz there that went pretty well. The funny thing was, when my alarm went off this morning, I was so tired that at first I didnt know what day it was, so I didnt know if I had to go to work or school!! My son's football team is still going strong, so far we are 6-0 for the season, with our biggest challenge (Bolivar) coming up this Friday. And we are playing it in Bolivar. It does promise to be a good game. Next Saturday is College Day at MSU, so I guess we are going to that as well, and get to watch a Bears game as part of the college experience.. My older son has taken up bow hunting this year, and he is going to go out in the morning to hunt, so I hope he has good luck. He can take a deer or a turkey with his bow this time of year, and either one would be welcome in my freezer. I have been watching him practice and he is really good at it!! We all also went to the firing range today for a little practice with the rifles before season next month. A little rusty at shooting but not too bad. It was a beautiful day to be outside enjoying nature. My garden is still producing tomatoes, bell peppers and tabasco peppers, but I suppose it wont be long until the first freeze and then that will be it until next spring. Then I will have to get out there and get the garden ready to go to sleep for the winter. I think the hummingbirds have all flown south for the winter, I havent seen any in a few days, but I still have the feeder up in case there are any stragglers still out there. I do have a huge spider web with a very large spider in it on the front porch. It looks really cool early in the morning with the dew and the early light. I will have to try to get a picture and maybe try to upload it. I got a new phone (smart phone!) and I am still trying to decide if I am smarter than my smart phone! Oh the joys of learning new technology. Just about the time I get it figured out, something new will come along. Well, that is what is going on for now, and I will try to post again soon. Hello to Ms. Anthony if you are still reading my blog!

Life Goes On

Its been another crazy busy week at work. I hope this next week settles down just a little. I can handle crazy work and I can handle crazy school stuff, but when I get hit with both at once, then I just feel a little crazy!!!!
 I took 3 tests on Saturday, which in itself is a crazy thing to do, but that way I only have to take one trip to the school. Plus, I was on call last week and I didnt want to stress while taking a test, worried that I might get a call. As it turns out, I didnt get any calls, but I dont like to test Murphy's Law that much. I got my chemistry test results already, and I did good on that one, so I hope I did as good on the other two. I did get a chance to relieve some stress on Friday night, with another rousing high school football game. We played Catholic this time, and it was the first game so far where we played against another team of our caliber. In other words, it wasnt a wipeout game and we had to work at it to win. In fact, we won with a field goal at literally the last second of the game. I thought for a minute it was going to go into overtime. Everyone was on their feet at the end, screaming and cheering on both sides of the stands. Both teams played a good game, and the boys from Catholic have nothing to be ashamed of. Oh, did I mention they beat us last year at home, then we beat them in the playoffs last year on their field and that we played at Catholic this time? The funny thing was, I ran into someone I work with at the game, and she has a boy who is a senior playing for Catholic. Coworkers on opposite sides of the stands! Loving the rain these last few days, but I am so glad the rain held off during the game. I was prepared though, brought the big umbrella with. This week we play at home against Marshfield, who is one of our big rivals. Last year, they came to our field and tagged all the players cars in the parking lot while we were at an away game. These high school rivalries are quite amusing so long as it doesnt get carried away. Well, time to go now. I've been doing chemistry for the past few hours so now my brain is kinda mushy. I think I will go watch a little TV before bed, then tomorrow it starts all over again. Life goes on.

What a Week!

It has been a busy week! I went to my son's football game on Friday in Reed's Spring. We won 48-0!. We are now 3-0. Of course that also meant that dinner on Friday was from the concession stand at the game. Not too bad this week. We have learned to get to the games early for a good parking spot, and the food is better the earlier you get there. The big game we are all looking forward to is the game against Bolivar on Oct. 7. They are also having a good season and are one of our biggest competitors. It looks to be a good game, and probably a close one. So if you are a Bolivar Liberator fan look out the Wildcats are coming, and if you are a Rogersville Wildcat fan, Go Wildcats!!!. I have a chemistry test and a nutrition test this week, an A&P test next week and an Algebra test the week after that. I hope my brain can handle all this! I do think I am ready for Chemistry and Nutrition and I hope I am ready for A&P. Algebra should be a breeze as I am pretty good at math and I really like math, which just goes to show what a nerd I really am. I spent about 3 hours on Algebra today and the time just flew by. I guess I like math because it is so ordered and once you know how to do the problem or what the formula is, the rest is just solving the problem and it doesnt matter what the numbers are, the process is the same. My son thinks I am weird but that is ok. To Shannon, I got your reply to my last post, I look forward to hearing from you again. Are you in Ms. A's class this semester? She is a great teacher. To Ms. A, thank you for your replies and continued encouragement of my writing. Blogging is definitely a good way of expressing myself. Want to hear something funny? My 19 year old, who will go hunting by himself and all that, was hollering tonight when a walking stick got on him and started moving.  Happy writing to all and enjoy this beautiful weather, even though we really need some rain. Maybe I should do my rain dance?

A New Week

The last week has been really crazy, so I am really glad this is a new week! We had our annual state inspection last week, which meant long, stressful days and not a lot of time left over to get school work done. In fact, I may have missed an assignment in one of my classes which really bummed me out. Then I got to thinking, it was only worth 10 points, and if that is the worst thing that happens to me this semester, than I can handle it. I am glad that the inspection happened early in the semester, and not later when I am trying to test or get ready for finals.
We did fine on the inspection, which we all thought we would, but it is still glad to be done with it for the year. I have started reading a new book, "The Fire of Heaven Trilogy", by Bill Myers, which combines religion, science and the psychic all together. I am part way through the second book in the trilogy, and I can't hardly put it down! This semester, I am trying to take one day a week to not work on school and to just enjoy some down time. We finally got our central air working, as we had been using window units all summer, and just in time for the weather to cool down! Oh well, it will be nice to have next summer. Right now, I am sitting by my front door, feeling that wonderful breeze. I also can't believe that the thermometer is reading so low, but I am not complaining by any means. I love this time of year. My garden is just about done for the season. I picked some tobasco peppers today and put them up in vinegar to have with greens. Maybe next year my greens will actually grow. My tomatoes are still going, and the bell peppers but everything else is pretty much done. The good part is that I can start planning garden 2012!. I hope OTC has the plant sale again next year, so I can support the school while building my garden. Hello to The Purple English Teacher! I am glad to know you are reading my blogs and I do hope to meet you one of these days. I don't get to campus much during the week, but I am there in the NKM building on some Saturdays for lab.I hope the new school year is treating you well and that you have a great group of students to teach.