college

My son got into college! The letter came two weeks ago, and he was thrilled. Probably the smartest of my three kids, he is lazy and tries to get by by doing as little as possible. Last semester of his junior year he realized that he had screwed up big time, and set out to get better grades. He worked hard, but a 1.7 is hard to overcome with the best grades. He was turned down by four schools and though he'd be spending a year at CPCC. Nothing wrong with that, but he's ready to leave and I'm ready for him to go! He's going to Lees McRae, a small school in the mountains. A year there will help him get his act together ,and get his grades up enough to get into Appalachian. He's still close enough to go to the football games, and he's right in the middle of great skiing, so I think he's happy. I hope so.
My sister got a forwarded email from our sister-in-law describing a dinner she cooked Saturday. She detailed everything from the sauce to what she drank, and how she placed her hoses aroungd the yard to water the flowers. As boring as it was to read, I can't imagine what the people that were there wanted to do. Glad it wan't me.

Did anybody see the lunar eclipse Wednesday night? it looked like the earth stood still for a minute suspended in time, a sliver of live shadowed by the forces of the universe. Breathtaking!