R.L. Stine hates math

My 7th-grade son had to do a book report on a mystery this week. He chose a book by R.L. Stine. I don't know what YOU think of Stine, but I'd rather my son read Paulson or Dahl. It doesn't matter what I think, though, because what do I know? I'm just Mom.
So, I was assisting him in finding facts about R.L., who goes by Bob, and we found that he hated gym class and he is terrible at math. But, he is a very successful writer.
It made me think of a nice guy I know who is currently struggling with college-level classes. If he gets his degree, he'll be the first one in his family, male or female, to do so. I'm so proud of him. Every time I pass him in the computer lab or on the sidewalk, he smiles and tells me things are OK. I hope he passes with flying colors.
And then, someday, when he's a very successful graphic designer, he'll have some other 7th-grade boy reading his biography, hoping he can be just like him.

Tuacahn Anyone?

Only three more days til Thriller!
I'm not sure it'll be "fun, family entertainment..." but it's supposed to be spectacular.
I'm taking the whole fam, so if the little skiddles like it, well, then the seven-hour trip will definitely be worth it. If not, they'll be sleeping in my bed til Thanksgiving.
Here's the link: http://www.odysseydance.com/

Noon Forum

Tomorrow (Wednesday) is Noon Forum time again! (YAY! *free food*)
Come over to the A&E Center at noon. Sign in and enjoy learning from the speaker while you eat :)
I'll see you there, Aggies!

Storms...

A few weeks ago, an electrical storm spiked through Blanding and knocked out our Internet receiver. Just like * that * we were cut off from the world and from all my resources. While we waited for the local techie to come out and fix things back up, I spent many midnights down at Alton's office, using his computer for my assignments and quizzes. Finally, we figured out how to use my smartphone to hook up to the Internet. Ahhhhhh. Back to normal operating hours.

The reluctant company has only just sent a replacement receiver, so it will still be several days before the techie makes it out to our little ridge to fix our desktop. In the middle of all this disruption, a mental storm spiked through my future plans. I was upstate, visiting my sister and her new baby boy (Seth Roskelly Brown). She happens to be an RN, working on higher things. My dad also came up to visit. He's an MD. We talked a great deal about the merits of nursing. And the merits of doctoring. And the merits of PA'ing. Not so much on any merits of physical therapy-ing. In fact, based on their interpretations of my expectations, they discourage PT, and want me to explore a couple of other different fields.

So, I came back from my wonderful trip feeling a little lost in the whole 'well-laid future plans' department. I still need to keep a competitive GPA, but now...what to do with it???

Calendar &#%@!

D'you know what I wish we had? A system that would comprehensively know what I've got to do this week. First, I log in to my CEU blackboard and check my Anatomy schedule. Next, I log in to coursecompass to check the two different calendars for my two different math classes. Then, I log in to USU's blackboard to check my Business English calendar, and lastly, I log in to my Psych class's website to check that calendar.
Drives me nuts. You would think, with all the technology available, that I could get ONE calendar, at least one per institution, that would be available to me on my blackboard and that would update itself automatically whenever the profs add something.
Suppose each class had some little macro attached to it. As soon as I register for that class, its specific macro gets attached to my blackboard. The prof updates his/her master calendar - it automatically goes out to all the little macros out there. Voila. My life just got easier.
It's possible!!! Some brainiac just needs to create it.