Odds n ends

Started my daily 7:30 am API class 3 days ago and already miss the 4 day weekends! Even though I knew they were ending, they are still sorely missed. Are we into the 'dog days' of summer yet? July seems to be off to a very hot and muggy start in Memphis. We have a threat of rain for a few days, but it doesn't seem to be raining much here this summer. A few clouds will go over, drop a bit of rain and then the HEAT hits again. Our electric bill went from $53 to $100 this past month! I hope that is as high as it goes, but can't do without AC in the house. How did folks make it years ago w/out AC? I guess it wasn't as hot back then, but it probably seemed hot to them, right? The lake by our house is dropping daily. I guess the fish and turtles will survive, as least some of them.

Haven't heard back from MUA concerning the faculty appointment there. I guess I have already decided not to take it if offered, but a part of me would like to pack up the family and head to paradise! I am sure that I would really miss the US of A a lot, but now that my Mom is passed, I don't have as strong a connection or need to be here, but I just feel much safer and more secure in the US than I did while on Nevis. My son is 15 now and my brother is wrapped up in his world and family back in Eastern KY. My Dad and I talk on the phone some, but we haven't spent any real time together in years. He came to my Mom's funeral, which really suprised me, but it was a very nice jesture on his part.

If my second installment of my Mom's meager estate comes through, I might just splurge and take my family on a St.Kitts/Nevis vacation. I still want them to experience the Caribbean, though not as long as I did. I miss parts of it, but I can't shake the trapped and completely isolated feelings I had while there. I guess if I weren't so introverted and avoided folks as much as I did, it might have been different, but at that time in my life, God needed for me to go through some stuff and I feel as if I came out of it a new and improved me, which makes the entire ordeal worth it, right? And, I am still introverted and avoid people, but I am much happier and secure in my position here than I have ever been.

Stop rambling DrG and get to work. Ok.

Good day