Garden Update

My Mom's been asking how the garden she helped with was doing, so here's a picture to see what's growing.

I saw these in my neighbors garage...

and I secretly hoped they would invite me over to play. (okay in all honesty, theirs has the Cubs logo on them). So today, I'm inside reading a book and I hear this bang, bang and I think to myself, I bet they are playing the "bags" game. Well, I needed to water my garden anyway, so out I went and sure enough they were out playing. And being the nice people they are... I was over playing in no time. Another friend of theirs came over and my team won 2 of the 3 games (I don't think I helped that much, but I get credit for the win none the less). So I didn't get ahead in my summer school planning, but that will still be there tomorrow.

Summer Update

Schools Out: I've been enjoying my first week of no school, but I did get the call yesterday that I'll be teaching summer school (sorry Krista, no Nebraska for me). I'm actually looking forward to it, well, the pay check and a little bit of a schedule. I'm done by 10:15 every morning, so it only takes part of my day.

Nature Watching: I love listening to the cicadas. I've been driving with my windows down and the radio off in certain areas just so I can listen to their singing. I also saw a strange sight the other day. A opossum (or maybe a raccoon) was climbing up a tree and there was a deer standing next to the tree just watching him. It was a strange sight in the middle of the Chicago suburbs at 5:30 in the afternoon.

Activities: On Monday I start tennis lessons. Looking forward to meeting some new people and actually learning some basics of the game. I'm also considering running in a half marathon in August. I've started running a little again, so if I commit I'm ready to go. I had a nice run this morning minus freaking out a few times when the aforementioned cicadas landed on me.

White Sox: What can I say. I'd just like to see a winner. We are going tonight, the promotion is mullet night with fireworks. Should at least provide some kind of excitement.