Fall Has Fell
The leaves are turning, the temperature is dropping, and we have turned the clocks back one more time. I wish we could just stay on DST. There must be a hundred clocks between the apartment, the farm, work, and the vehicles. At the least PC and the cell phone change the time without my intervention.
One of my students is still posting to her blog, so am a little disappointed that more are not posting. Still have stacks of assignments to enter into the grade book, and semester's end is less than four weeks away. Then exams, then holidays. Hooray!
Heard from Mads and Samy last week. Great to hear from them. Samy said it was already freezing in Switzerland (-2 Celsius, which I think in around 29 F). Mads sent some great photos of his family and home in Denmark. Maybe some day I can visit both of them. Went to a French luncheon here on campus last week, and it was not bad. Rusty as my French was, I could keep up with most of the talk. The teacher had prepared notecards with questions, so that helped a lot. Hard to believe it has been 39 years since I was in a French class!
Took Mom to the Roberts Reunion Sunday. These are my paternal grandmother's family---she was a Roberts, and there were a lot of folks there. Beautiful covered dish feast, complete with venison hash. Not bad. I ate too much of everything. But that is what reunions are for.
House at farm is about ready, all except for the HVAC system, and it is cool out there at nights now. Mike and I spent one night at my farm before we left for our three-day motorcycle tour late last month. Spent Friday night at this farm near Homer, Georgia, and then Saturday night at his in-laws place near East Flat Rock, N.C. Sunday we came back through Rock Hill and had nice meal with college friends Larry and Bea and their son Michael Paul (who is named for Mike and me) and his wife and teen-age son. Great to see these folks and visit with them. We were too late leaving and had to drive last 45 miles in the dark. Only saw one deer, and I saw him early enough to hit the brakes. It was cold too Sunday night, so we were happy to reach my farm and warm up some. Altogether we put in almost 600 miles over the three days. He headed back to Atlanta Monday pulling his bike on a trailer behind his truck. Called later to say he had arrived safely. He had taken Friday and Monday off and gotten a partner in the practice to cover rounds. Nancy was in Europe for two weeks, so he was "footloose and fancy free" for the weekend. Mike and I were roommates at Erskine for three years (before I got married as a college senior). He knew he was going to go to med school, so he studied and I had to also or get out of the room. Thanks to him, my grades did improve because I studied almost as much as he did.
Am counting down the days to retirement June 30. The farm is calling me to come on up there and vegetate. Am working almost as hard on campaign to expand public library where I am board of trustees chair as I am working here at my real/paying job. Am traveling too much, especially with increased fuel prices. And diesel fuel is now thirty cents a gallon more than regular gasoline, plus the truck only gets 17 or 18 mpg, while the Toyota SUV does at least 20. So, am driving the Dodge very little right now until diesel fuel goes down some.
Yeah I know I ought to post more often so I would not have so much to say. Well, maybe I can improve between now and Christmas. Maybe. Don't hold your breath.... Enjoyed chatting....pd
One of my students is still posting to her blog, so am a little disappointed that more are not posting. Still have stacks of assignments to enter into the grade book, and semester's end is less than four weeks away. Then exams, then holidays. Hooray!
Heard from Mads and Samy last week. Great to hear from them. Samy said it was already freezing in Switzerland (-2 Celsius, which I think in around 29 F). Mads sent some great photos of his family and home in Denmark. Maybe some day I can visit both of them. Went to a French luncheon here on campus last week, and it was not bad. Rusty as my French was, I could keep up with most of the talk. The teacher had prepared notecards with questions, so that helped a lot. Hard to believe it has been 39 years since I was in a French class!
Took Mom to the Roberts Reunion Sunday. These are my paternal grandmother's family---she was a Roberts, and there were a lot of folks there. Beautiful covered dish feast, complete with venison hash. Not bad. I ate too much of everything. But that is what reunions are for.
House at farm is about ready, all except for the HVAC system, and it is cool out there at nights now. Mike and I spent one night at my farm before we left for our three-day motorcycle tour late last month. Spent Friday night at this farm near Homer, Georgia, and then Saturday night at his in-laws place near East Flat Rock, N.C. Sunday we came back through Rock Hill and had nice meal with college friends Larry and Bea and their son Michael Paul (who is named for Mike and me) and his wife and teen-age son. Great to see these folks and visit with them. We were too late leaving and had to drive last 45 miles in the dark. Only saw one deer, and I saw him early enough to hit the brakes. It was cold too Sunday night, so we were happy to reach my farm and warm up some. Altogether we put in almost 600 miles over the three days. He headed back to Atlanta Monday pulling his bike on a trailer behind his truck. Called later to say he had arrived safely. He had taken Friday and Monday off and gotten a partner in the practice to cover rounds. Nancy was in Europe for two weeks, so he was "footloose and fancy free" for the weekend. Mike and I were roommates at Erskine for three years (before I got married as a college senior). He knew he was going to go to med school, so he studied and I had to also or get out of the room. Thanks to him, my grades did improve because I studied almost as much as he did.
Am counting down the days to retirement June 30. The farm is calling me to come on up there and vegetate. Am working almost as hard on campaign to expand public library where I am board of trustees chair as I am working here at my real/paying job. Am traveling too much, especially with increased fuel prices. And diesel fuel is now thirty cents a gallon more than regular gasoline, plus the truck only gets 17 or 18 mpg, while the Toyota SUV does at least 20. So, am driving the Dodge very little right now until diesel fuel goes down some.
Yeah I know I ought to post more often so I would not have so much to say. Well, maybe I can improve between now and Christmas. Maybe. Don't hold your breath.... Enjoyed chatting....pd
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