Can you tell school has started up again?

This semester it is Microbiology on M/W night and Therapeutic Nutrition online. I am in my first week and have 11 assignments to do, and I've already done quite a few - I think, 6. Three of them are online quizzes (we take our Micro quizzes online rather than in class). Okay. That's all of my whining for now. For NOW. There will be more, but I will try to limit how much I do online!

I was shocked two weeks ago when Mike asked and asked me to go out with him and his work friends. Then last weekend we went out again. A friend of ours plays in a band so we went to listen to him. They were really good. I only knew about 5 of their songs, but I can recognize talent. Hopefully next time we go listen to them it will be outdoors. This time was in a bar! Can you imagine? Here's how the babysitting phone call went, "uh, yeah, dad? can you watch the kids while Mike and I go to a bar?" Oh my grief! "we're going to listen to our friend, Mike's band"...that's all, really!! Then my son said I was going to a bar to get drunk! Bad example being set here. I said, "son, how many times have you seen me drunk?" "never" "okay, what makes you think I will be going out and getting drunk now?" "I don't know, but that's what people do at bars". True. But not always. The bad thing, other than my bad example, was 30 minutes after we got there I had a splitting headache from the smoke. UGH! We washed our clothes and our sheets on Sunday. Even after taking a shower I still felt like I smelled like smoke. (and I am still having trouble with my sinuses)

BUT, the band was good. Really good if you like 80's rock. Prior to us going out Saturday night, I went to a crop at a friend's church from 10-4:30 and then went to another friend's jewelry party immediately after that (I was the only one who wasn't one of her church friends) and then Mike and I went out. So, most of Saturday was spent in the company of good, Christian women. I feel somewhat redeemed......

Monday, I went to lunch with my friend, Kim. I drove to Hutch this time. Then we went to see what will hopefully be her new, old house. Lot of road trip going on. Lots of fun. I love road trips...even if it's to Western Kansas! Again, time spent in the company of a good, Christian woman. More redemption!

That will probably be the end of my fun for awhile....although I am sure I will need a sanity break here and there if anyone wants to do something fun!

Back to the books............