dabo man said:
Cloudy and cool today. We topped out at 64F yesterday. I never opened my windows. Will be closer to 70F today. I *love* cool days in May because we're going to stop getting them right around June 1.
Today is the last day of Benny's junior year. He gets out at 12:05. I wish I could feel the complete freedom of finishing a school year and having an empty calendar. His calendar isn't *entirely* empty. He has to volunteer 50 hours this summer for Missouri's A+ program. In exchange for keeping up his grades and volunteering these hours, he will get two free years of community college. He doesn't seem excited by the idea of community college, but free is LOTS CHEAPER than spending those two years at Mizzou (where he wants to be).
For the record, I spent the summer of 1989 (summer before my senior year of HS) hanging out with friends, shooting pool, swimming, and drinking a lot of beer... always Miller Lite. Outside of his volunteer hours, I'll let Benny have his free time and be happy he isn't drinking like his dad did.
Have an appointment to see my knee surgeon on Monday. I was scoped eight days ago and haven't ever used crutches (except in the grocery store). I'm climbing my two flights of stairs 3 or 4 times a day. I feel like I'm doing well, but the swelling has been pretty bad. Ibuprofen hasn't really helped with that. The pain hasn't been bad though, and I'm sleeping a lot better at night than I was before the surgery. There's lots less pain at night.
Completely checked out of work, mentally, and ready for the weekend. I need a vacation.
Community College is where I met my wife.
Got a little story for you Ags:
I hadn't taken my education very seriously and was put on Sco Pro at A&M going into my Junior year. That fall I had the worst semester of school I've ever had (was later diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder) and was kicked out of school. The dean of the college was a real a-hole but I worked a deal where I could take 24 hrs outside of A&M and if I made a 4.0 they would readmit me (he later tried to reneg on the deal).
Anyways I was taking a creative writing class at my local Community College which happened to be taught my a romance author and that's where I met Julie. I thought she was so cool and way out of my league (she still is). I finally got the courage to ask her out on the last day of class and the rest is history.
I ended up getting a 3.9 after taking 24 hrs of classes, got back into A&M, and graduated with something like 217 credit hours total.
Community College isn't all bad.
