Making Up for Lost Time

Writing in a blog is as bad as writing in my journal. I think I last wrote a few months ago. When I finally make time to write, there's too much to say and I get overwhelmed, so don't write anything at all!

Well, the best news is that the semester is nearly over. Today I added another honors class to my load with the idea that I'm lightening next semester's schedule. So I'm at 18 credit hours with twelve of them honors. Thank goodness there's only five weeks left. Yea!

Monday is registration for next semester. I've ended up with more English classes than I realized and found that with what I plan to take next semester, I can get a minor in creative writing. I just don't know how to go about it. That's pretty exciting though.

Britta informed us yesterday that Matt got his orders and is being sent to Korea--without her. She was devastated. But like her, she started thinking of the positives, as miserable as the situation is. I was really proud of her. Her baby is due May 2. I hope that Matt is able to come home for the baby's birth. Matt told Britta that the air force is usually pretty good about that kind of thing, so we'll remember them in our prayers.

Halloween was a lot of fun again this year. Last year we had a lot of friends over for a murder mystery party. The decorations were really cool and there was lots of food. This year I couldn't bring myself to plan a big party, but told Rick and Robert if they wanted to decorate, they could. They did, but on Halloween, I helped them re-decorate. We had friends over and played board games. It was so fun. We played Balderdash, a game of lying and Pit, a card trading game. I haven't played either in years. Pit got so loud that Spencer, who was watching TV upstairs, came down complaining he couldn't hear the TV. And as usual, there were too many treats!

Rick's dad passed away on October 13. Although expected, it's still sad to think that we'll never see him again-in this life anyway. His wife, Johnie, had his body cremated and will hold a memorial sometime in the next month. We plan to go. They live in McAllen, Texas, near the Mexican border.

The weather has gone from being unseasonably cold to unseasonably rainy and now it's unseasonably warm. Guess which one I like best!