One of my profs, one that I like, was discussing a movie. Then she stopped and said that we might not remember it because we are all so young. Then she looked at me briefly as if to say, "that is except for you." Thanks a lot! I've got my AARP card and I'm not afraid to use it! Oiy.

Our house is surrounded by huge trees that are dumping immense amounts of leaves. Yesterday, Jay and I were out trying to make a dent in the leaves. Meanwhile the neighbor, who gets only our residual leaves, was literally picking up leaves BY HAND one at a time. Now that kind of dedication is laudable but it makes us feel like the neighborhood Clampits. We lost Millie in the leaves yesterday. I feel like a skit of you might be a redneck if... ") Where's my banjo and corncob pipe?

Tuesday

I wrote that I thought Dancing with the Stars was a bit boring. I tuned in after the whole fainting issue. I guess it wasn't so boring.

My midterm is over. Relief.

Jay made the girls turkey legs for dinner. He videotaped them. He asked Tara what it was and she said pig. He said turkey. She shrugged. She doesn't care. It tastes good.

more on monday

#The girls had fun at Brownies tonight and received their pin in the bridging ceremony.

#Then the troop leader told us about camp while the kids played a game in another room. There is quite a bit I have to get for them- hiking boots, sleeping bags, flashlights, duffel bags.... but the kids should really have fun.

#Tara hadn't realized that it was overnight( actually two nights). They've never camped. My girls are not going to like latrine duty. I think I'll work up to telling them about that....

#Big Big midterm in Pharmacology tomorrow. Much cramming will take place in the morning.

#I had to call the school numerous times getting my spring schedule, with special permissions here and e-mailing there... very draining stuff. I'm still not done. One class more to get permission for. Please oh Please let me in.

#The girls have a new obsession - apple dippers at McD's. They love it.

#Poor Jay has a cold.

#It's a Monday... what can I tell you?

#Dancing with the Stars was a bit boring tonight.

# Jay is watching Heroes.

Fall days

We want this one- the one that weighs 57 pounds!

Children of the corn- sorry I couldn't resist.

Today we went to May's Farm in Randolph. I lived in Randolph for years and never heard of this place until today.

Emily liked the animals the best. There was a little petting zoo. She got the goat food and got spooked by the goats and dropped the food right in front of their cage. The goats looked at her like, "Are you KIDDING me?" Pun intended.

Tara liked the playground area.

Those were essentially free. They could have taken or left the six dollar a piece hay ride. Go figure. Give them a toy and they play with the box...

Wherever we stood the sun was in thier eyes, so they were in perma-squint mode.

Elephant memory

We picked up the girls from their church class tonight and they had made these paper bags filled with paper. I asked Tara what it meant.

"I don't know."

Then I asked Emily.

"I don't know."

Well that message really got through!

Then I pressed them for details about what they learned.

"Bats", said Emily.

Bats?

Then she recounted something about someone living in a cave and then it gets fuzzy. But they did tell me in great detail about their snack... :)

I asked my prof how long my presentation needed to be. I was thinking about 20 minutes tops. I have to do a presentation, since I'm the only graduate student in this particular class. ( If you take a class at the grad level, you have to do something extra that the undergrads don't have to do, like a paper or short presentation.)

"The whole class." She looked at me flatly.

Oh.

The class is over two hours long. Sigh.

School Pictures