Updates, Updates, Updates!
I'm going to TRY and be better about posting on this thing! *sigh* Are blogs even a "hot" thing on the 'Net anymore? Anyway, here goes:
I'm in my third year working in the lunchroom of my son's middle school. Our student population has grown from 750 to almost 1,000 in three years time. I make 15 hamburgers, 85 cheeseburgers and 93 chicken sandwiches a day. This doesn't count the special of the day(grilled cheese, corndogs, hot dogs, etc.), and the other entres my other co-workers have to fix. The sister high school, Rouse, opened its doors this year. Sam will be attending that school next year as a freshman(where does the time go?).
Daughter is attending college in Illinois. The campus is North Central College, located in Naperville. Right now she is under a few feet of snow, but coping. She has an apartment, a roommate, and a new boyfriend. She works part-time in a comic book shop(that's my girl!), and is learning to drive on ice. They have "terms" at NCC, not semesters; so she's already finished her first "term". Her majors are music and art. She also got lucky in the scholarship department; but has also learned the harsh truth that one has to take out student loans to pay for college these days.
My mare, TJ, died this past August. She was 23 and her health was declining...rapidly. The vet came out to look at her a few months before she passed, and did some blood work. It showed cancer, and the vet said it was probably in her bones. She wasn't in any pain when she died; just forgetful and tired. She laid down one night, and never woke back up. I miss her.
I'm going to be 48 in two weeks. I starting to look it, and I certainly feel it after a day at work. But, I'm fairly healthy and life is good for me and the family; so no complaints.
I'm in my third year working in the lunchroom of my son's middle school. Our student population has grown from 750 to almost 1,000 in three years time. I make 15 hamburgers, 85 cheeseburgers and 93 chicken sandwiches a day. This doesn't count the special of the day(grilled cheese, corndogs, hot dogs, etc.), and the other entres my other co-workers have to fix. The sister high school, Rouse, opened its doors this year. Sam will be attending that school next year as a freshman(where does the time go?).
Daughter is attending college in Illinois. The campus is North Central College, located in Naperville. Right now she is under a few feet of snow, but coping. She has an apartment, a roommate, and a new boyfriend. She works part-time in a comic book shop(that's my girl!), and is learning to drive on ice. They have "terms" at NCC, not semesters; so she's already finished her first "term". Her majors are music and art. She also got lucky in the scholarship department; but has also learned the harsh truth that one has to take out student loans to pay for college these days.
My mare, TJ, died this past August. She was 23 and her health was declining...rapidly. The vet came out to look at her a few months before she passed, and did some blood work. It showed cancer, and the vet said it was probably in her bones. She wasn't in any pain when she died; just forgetful and tired. She laid down one night, and never woke back up. I miss her.
I'm going to be 48 in two weeks. I starting to look it, and I certainly feel it after a day at work. But, I'm fairly healthy and life is good for me and the family; so no complaints.