Phinally Phighting Phillies!!!

WE DID IT!!! And by we, of course I mean me......you mean I didn't help?? :( Anyway, the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS!! The last time this happened was in 1980, I was 10, and my mom had to wake me and my sister up to see the end of the ninth inning and the celebration of the win. It took 28 years for us to do it again. AND 25 years since the city has had any championship team. Unless you count the Soul, Jon Bon Jovi's Arena Football team in Philadelphia. Go Philly! I, however, am in Cleveland in a hotel and watched by myself. Jo Ann's house looked like more fun!

Feet In Four!

Last week the company I work for held a convention for our Directors in Disney World. The convention was fun, but the real fun came last Saturday. Myself and a few of my co-workers (including the Vice-President of Operations!) stayed in "The World" for a day in the parks. We had purchased a one day park hopper and were going to try to get to all four major parks if we could. Well, a few fellow co-workers said that we would not make it to all four parks in one day. To us that meant-CHALLENGE ON! Needless to say, we did make it to all four! We spent 3 hours in Hollywood Studios, 4 hours in Animal Kingdom, 3 hours in Epcot and 2.5 hours in Magic Kingdom! It was well worth the challenge, but not something I would do again. Our feet and bodies hurt for two days after! We walked about 22,800 steps, which equals 12.5 miles!! On Sunday, two of us walked around Downtown Disney before we had to leave for the airport.... or should I say hobbled around! Very fun..... photos to follow when they are forwarded to me!

One Down, Eleven To Go!

So my first grad class is officially "in the books" as they say (no pun intended!) Actually, we had our last class last weekend, but the professor gave us an extension for our final paper. Truth be told, she gave us TWO extensions! Originally, the final paper was to be due on our last class. Then, on the second weekend of classes (there were only three weekends) she extended it until today, Saturday the 11th. I, of course, fully planned on completing it on the original due date...... NOT..... I am a bog time procrastinator when it comes to stuff like papers! Well, last weekend, at our last class, she gave us until Sunday the 12th at midnight!! I promised myself that I would not use the new extension and I didn't! I turned the paper in at 4:30 today and got my grade an hour later.... Ah, technology!! I got an A for the class!! :) The next class starts on Halloween, with a research paper due November 10...... I am seriously going to get it completed ahead of time........

Nostalgia

So, recently I have been feeling a bit nostalgic. I can't decide why for sure, but I have a few theories. My first thought is that it is fall, my favorite time of the year. As an adult, it is my favoirte because of the season change, the crisp air, the return of my "comfy" clothes! As a teenager and it college it was all about BAND! I was a true band geek, and proud of it. It was my most favoirte activity by far from the time I was in 6th grade until I graduated college on the 5 year plan! Well, now I am back in college..... the same college I did my undergrad at. I feel like I need to be doing competitions on the weekends!! Another theory is that this is my 20th HS reunion year. It just makes one really reflect on life. Did I accompolish all that I thought I would have by this point in my life? Will all of the people from HS forget the "clicks" and just have fun reminissing? The sheer mention of my HS or college or the sound of a marching band always brings great memories (and a few tears for times gone by) flooding back. Tonight, however, was a huge kick in the old reminder pants. My stepdaughter was nominated for homecoming queen at her HS. We went to the football game to see her and cheer her own (she didnt win, but she was one of only 7 senior girls out of over 600 to be nominated, so that is great!). We saw the other schools marching band perform the pregame show and I had tears in my eyes. I need to say, that we were at a rival school from where I went to school, at least the bands were BIG rivals. I ALMOST wished that I could be on the field, performing again. I have my memories...... treasure your memories so they will last a life time. Oh, and the people that I was with thought my tears were from the wind and the chill in the air.......!

Cheap Gas!??!

I am in Cleveland, OH currently. Some people that I work with loveling refer to Cleveland as the "mistake on the lake." While that may be a popular thought, this week I am feeling that Cleveland Rocks! The gas prices here are cheap! I saw a station here selling regular gas for $2.89! What kills me the most is that I am excited about this and that I think that is cheap! While a few months ago I thought that we would never see gas under $3.00, there was a time in history, not too long ago, that we would never have thought that $2.89 was cheap! I remember back 6-7 years ago how we were up in arms when it went over $1.00....... wonder if we will ever see a 1 as the first number again????

Star Struck.....

So, I am a geek. (I have known this for years and plenty of people in HS reminded me of this on a daily basis.) This week I am in NC and one of our schools down here is owned by a former weather person from my area. I got to go to this school the past two days. I have to admit I was a little star struck because I watched this person EVERY NIGHT! I know it was not Tom Cruise, or someone like that, but to me, it was cool. And they were the nicest person. Of course, being the geek I am, I had to tell them about my "star struckness." It was definitely a little surreal.