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I did something today that I haven’t done in a long time: play in dirt. I saw Colin sort of picking at the dirt in one of the flower barrels (flowers have long since been gone), and asked him if he was digging in the dirt. Nope, he wasn’t. He had no idea how to dig in the dirt. Well, that’s just not right. I mean, he’s played with dirt and what not before, but to dig in the dirt is something else. So we did a lot of digging; found some worms, grubs and ants; built some dirt towers. It was all great fun. And I discovered that I really like digging in the dirt. That’s probably why I like gardening so much. And camping, whatnot. I had been in a funk pretty much most of the weekend, and this helped alot.

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I got a real nice treat tonight. I got to see my friend David, whom I haven’t seen in a while. We went out to eat at Scottie P’s in Allen. Turns out his route home takes him through Allen, so it was pretty convenient for both of us. It was pretty good to catch up, and it made me realize how long it has been since I’ve seen all the Abilene Homebillies.

Well, I finally had to break down and take my car to the dealer to get looked at. I tried two different places, Nash’s and Pronto Muffler, neither of which could figure out what was wrong. Well, the dealer did, to the tune of $810. And that was just the estimate. That doesn’t include taxes either. So it’ll probably be closer to $900. Good thing I started saving for a house, because now I can use that money to pay for the car. Damn.

One of my favorite shows is finally back! I love, love, looooooooooooove The Biggest Loser. Why? Because everyone is a winner! It’s not some stupid looking for love from a stranger, or trying to get a job with a slimebucket, or outlasting the housemates. It’s changing your life for the better. It’s taking a step to increase your quality of life. And since that is what everyone is competing for, everyone is always better off by the time they leave the show. It’s just a feel good kind of experience. I’s also a great motivator. It is one of my favorite shows to watch when I’m doing the treadmill at the gym. Of course, now that I’ve decided to start going to the gym straight from work, I may have to rethink my strategy.

I mentioned in a couple of posts ago that I no longer had the ferrets, but since I’ve gotten so many questions as to WHY I don’t have the ferrets, I realized that I never really told anyone what happened. I decided to get rid of them because I felt that I was neglecting in the house, and it was just unfair to them. I was feeling intensely guilty over it. So one of my students who was a animal lover volunteered to take care of them for me. So we got them moved in last spring. The home that I moved them into was way nicer than anything I could have given them, so I felt good about that. I talked to that student this week and it turns out that they have another home. They found a person who already had some ferrets, and apparently had had them for quite some time, and so it was a perfect situation for everyone. But all and all, I miss them like crazy. I love my ferrets very much.

I went to pick up my car today. When I went to get it, the keys were on the floorboard, with the door unlocked. I’d like to add that when I went up to the car to check it out, the door was obviously unlocked, and the keys were very easy to see. It was like an invitation for someone to steal my car if they wanted to. The shop was down between Plano Parkway and Park Blvd on I-75 in Plano. If you know that area of town, you know that it probably wasn’t a good idea at all to leave my car in that condition. So…..don’t take your car to Proto Muffler in Plano.

I thought I’d change up the format of the website a little bit. Look good? It might change again, we’ll just have to see. I just thought it was weird that I had pics of the ferrets up greeting everyone when I no longer had the ferrets. Although I really do miss them.

I’ve now got one week of school under my belt. Today was labor day, so we had school off. It was kind of strange going just one week of school and then getting a day off. And even though we really didn’t do much at all last week, it was freaking EXHAUSTING!!! There were some nights where I literally went to bed at 9:45. Hopefully now that I’ve got a few days under my belt, I won’t be so tired.

I’ve also got NO CAR right now. This is the second time in a week I’ve had to take my car to the shop. The first time that I had to take it they couldn’t fix the problem. I’m not sure what exactly is wrong with it. It just seemed to drive real shaky. I’m just hoping that it isn’t going to cost me oodles and oodles of money. I’m already freaking broke.

We also took Colin on the DART for the first time this weekend. He loved it! And he was so good too boot. We went down to Mockingbird Station for lunch and some shopping (although the stores were closed while we were there). Maybe now we can use the DART to take him to the zoo.

I’m trying to think of whatelse…..I know that there is more I wanted to talk about it, but at the moment it isn’t coming to mind. Drats. OH well. Maybe next time.

Oh yeah, forgot…..I am SO GLAD that football season is finally here!!! We’re watching the Steelers/Philly game right now (Roethlisberger just threw an interception. At least it is still pre-season). Tech is playing Sept. 3 at SMU, so I’m going to try to go to that game. That would be awesome!

I had lunch today with an old friend of mine, Bill. I hadn’t seen Bill in a few years, so it was really good to see him. His wife was out of town, so I didn’t get to see her this time around. But I do sort of miss seeing some of the people I used to hang around with. It seems so strange to think about how different my life is now than it was a few years ago. It was really fun catching up with that today.

Tomorrow I start back at school. Or I guess I should say the kids start back since I’ve been back at work since last week. I’ll have to carpool for a while since my car is in the shop. Not sure what is wrong with it, but hopefully it won’t be too terribly expensive. I’m also getting sick, which totally sucks! Nothing like starting the first day of school sick. I’m not sure if it is a cold or if it is allergies. I think that is is probably the latter, since it is about that time of year. My yearly clock has been all sorts of thrown off since school is starting so late this year. That will take some getting used to.