Thoughts and prayers.....

Hello. I am going to keep this post short and offer my thoughts and prayers to the people of Boston and those affected by the bombings. Don't let evil steal your joy......

Blue Lightening

Good morning! Another day...and I have new tires on my car. That's right...the car got Easter shoes. Zoom, she goes and tries not to hit any pot holes with her new tires.....

Anyway, enough about me. It is going to be a crazy week with lots of meetings...that's right...gotta work. Today I have the honor society event and a meeting with my research mentor. Do you believe in what goes round...comes around? Or something like that?

A former student of mine is working on her graduate degree and contacted me to work together on her research. I love being a Chipmunk and not Alvin. In other words, if she wants to take the lead on a project, I am all for it. She plans on performing the research at the Veterans Hospital, which is terrific. However, before starting to collect data, we have to go before a review board to assure them in no uncertain way that our subjects will be safe from injury and all information will be strictly confidential. This is fine, but I have to prepare a 50 page report to submit to the board. With that said, I want to meet with the woman at my university who mentors faculty research projects. Sounds complicated, right? Yeah, it is....anyway, the mentor and I will meet today to make sure that the study meets standards and the protocol is scientific. Boring...yes, but the study is essential to guarantee hospitalized veterans to receive quality care.

And now you see why I try not to discuss my work, because I just fell asleep during that paragraph. But, if the study makes a dent in the vet's care, then I am in.....all the way....

How is the big kid? Well, he took his exam yesterday and met with the teacher afterwards to challenge a few questions. He actually made some excellent points and was rewarded with his debate. Hey, if he gets one or two more points on his grade, then so be it. He is turning into quite a student. Is this really my kid? Just sayin'

There is an away game tomorrow night and home stand on the weekend. Tink and I are going to drop his car off on campus. His carefully constructed plan was that I was going to drive the car to campus, hand him the keys, then take the Mega Bus home. Yeah, you read that right.....he wants me to take the bus home after I drive his car (the one that I gave him) to campus.....then take the bus....to the inner city station as it arrives at 1 am. Uh huh....let's revise that plan.....

Tink will follow me to campus and drive me home. That sounds better, right?

Now he is going to have a car and I am trying not to worry. Fortunately, they live right off campus, so the bars are within walking distance. Knowing that he does not like to parallel park and is too cheap to pay for a parking garage, then I don't see any drinking and driving. But that is my biggest fear. Yet I think that he is mature enough to handle it....but.....if anything happens, can anyone say "Blue lightening?"

What's blue lightening? Oh, that's the bike that I bought him freshman year. He needed it...had to have it.....yeah...where is it? I have gotten 6 different locations in the past few years. My thought is that he has no idea where blue lightening is. But, he's gonna have to find it real quick if I take the car away....

With that said, time to prepare for the meetings. Have a great week.

Renting a House 101

Mornin'....it's Saturday....I love Saturdays for no other reason than the actual name of the day...let's break is down...."Sat" "ur" "day"....Whoever named this day is saying to sit....and by the end of the day, you would have 'sat'. That's all I am saying...now moving on....

As July creeps to a close, we continue to think about the big kid moving out to his new rented home in Party Town, USA. No one is more excited than he is, so my words of wisdom have fallen on deaf ears.

For example....you are moving into a 4 bedroom home, you may think that this is a spacious wonderful sanctuary BUT in the words of BPM, "It's a party house...and you, my son, are not a die-hard partier."

Therefore, you will find people vomiting in your cleats. Different couples retiring to your bedroom and locking you out. People passing out drunk on the floor. The one toilet in the house will clog repeatedly and you will be responsible for cleaning up the mess. Hopefully, the water will not seep through the floor to the ground floor because you will be responsible for paying for the repair on the ceiling and carpet. Oh yeah....we are still waiting for last year's room mates to reimburse your father for the cable bill. By the way, every friend and faux friend from the neighborhood and high school will be knocking on your door looking for a safe floor to crash on.

There will be bugs, ants, and spiders. The sneakers and cleats are going to stink up the place. People will not flush the toilet. Friends will come just to hang out when you are trying to study for the finals. Guys will emerge from the second floor during a party wearing your underwear on their heads and think that it is funny. Personal items will be stolen or borrowed without asking your permission. No one will respect your stuff and space and you will begin to feel the pressure and start a slow burn. Then after a few days of disrespect, you will lose your temper, snap, and punch a hole in the wall that your dad has to pay to fix.

Students that you do not know will crash your parties. There will be fights...bad behavior...all your food will be eaten.

Does that sound like fun to you? If your answer is yes....then you are right on the money....

This is part of the college experience. Enjoy the trials and tribulations....just remember, I warned you....

Now, go buy yourself a plunger to unclog the toilet at the Dollar Store.

I'm going to have fun watching this one!

 

Have a great day!