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!