Whew!

Man oh Man!

That was a class.

I finished up with 36 students.

And a couple that just NEEDED

to talk, ask questions, comment, 

hear themselves speak.

A LOT.

I was EXHAUSTED when I rolled out of 

there at 9:45 Sunday night.

I had a good Podcast to listen to,

so I didn't have any trouble 

staying away on the highway,

but I was asleep within 15 minutes

of getting home!

Out of 36, I passed 20.

Some were super close and should have passed,

but we have to give the test at 7 pm and

they started the day in my classroom at 7:30 am.

(They were working in their workbooks,

don't they look studious?)

On the drive up, Friday evening, there was 

a rain storm ahead of me most of the way.

But I was in the sun following it.

Which meant I had a fun companion.

You have to look hard to see it,

but it was a double rainbow!

The pictures aren't very good cuz I just

held up my phone and hit the button

and hoped I got something other than 

the road, or my door, or the roof...

It was a nice drive and didn't start raining

until after I was safely in my bed in

my hotel room.

This morning I'm doing my "end of class"

paperwork and getting that submitted

to the home office,

then I have to run to WalMart.

My power cord for my iPad broke last week

so on my way out of town Friday I stopped

and got a new one.

But when I got to my hotel,

it had a C instead of a USB on the other end

so I had to plug it into my iPad and my phone.

I sat and watched the battery on my phone

tick down, but the battery on my iPad

barely move.

So then I recharged my phone (takes 2 hours)

(so I set an alarm), woke up, plugged in my

iPad again, then recharged my phone...

I was up and down all night and still only

had about 80% on my iPad in the morning.

My presentation SUCKS my battery dry,

so that wasn't going to work.

I left the hotel early and ran to CVS.

They had what I needed!

YEA!

Otherwise I would have just borrowed 

an iPhone charger from one of my

million students.

Anyhow, I need to run to WalMart and

return the cord I bought on Friday.

And I want to get a little trash can to

put in Kyle's "guest" bathroom instead

of the walmart bag that has been hanging

on the cabinet knob for 6 months.

(I'm the only one who uses that bathroom...)

He just left to head up there.

Hopefully he has a finished building

when he gets there.

(hahahahahahahahaha)

Because ALL his tools are stored in

the front bedroom.

Usually he just piles them all up and

clears a little space for my blow up

mattress, but he keeps accumulating 

more stuff and now there isn't even room

to walk in there.

So I might be sleeping on the couch.

If the building is done, he can finally

put the stuff out there where it belongs!

But I'm not holding my breath.

I'm picking up Linda and we are going

up together. We will stop in Ocala on the way

at Rural King (a WAY better version of 

Tractor Supply) and get me a load of feed

and then head to the ranch.

The cowboys (yup, TWO of them this time)

are supposed to be there at 7 in the morning

with the vet arriving at 7:30.

We need to preg-check all 27 cows,

weigh and spray everybody,

and there is a calf that needs to be

vaccinated, ear tagged and castrated.

Hopefully we will be all finished before

it gets too hot.

And then we will jump in the car and

head straight back.

Linda's oldest daughter and her husband

and 4 kids are arriving down here some time

today. They will stay at her house,

play in her pool, etc. but she wants to 

get back as soon as she can to spend 

time with them.

School starts on the 12th, so this is the

last summer hurrah.

Better get stuff done here!