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I was just on spacebook and noticed a high school classmate of mine is retiring after 37 years of teaching. She’s not even 60 but teaching in Houston schools makes the mileage add up.

Normally I wait for the trash guy to show up before trying to go to sleep. Since he is usually here by 9am, this is not a problem. Today he came at 2pm, ruining what sleep I had. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

I somehow got a real bad cold yesterday, so I am laid up in bed today. I would like to take a trip out of town, but if I don’t feel any better I’ll stay home.

I just got to sleep this morning when I heard a buzzing sound. After about 30 seconds, I realized it was my phone and I had never been called since I bought the phone around Christmas. After figuring out how to answer it, a “representative” from “Bank of Americurr’ called asking about some deposits. IContinue reading “Bank of Americurr”

After the forensics tournament was done, I stopped by the Sears Hometown Store in Indy to see if they were still open. Surprisingly they were. There were more store furnishings than merchandise, but while they were digging in the back of the store they found some clothes. Hometown stores normally sell appliances and lawn andContinue reading “Winding down”

For the third year in a row, I ended up spending a Saturday judging a forensics tournament at Altoona-Midway. The kids give oral performances in a variety of formats including duets, improvisation, informative speech and impromptu. Sometimes the kids pick a topic and sometimes they have to draw a topic at random. We judge theirContinue reading “Getting Judgy”

Ran a bunch of errands in the morning, slept most of the afternoon, time to get up and go to work. I hope this doesn’t become my new routine.