All of a sudden a few weeks have passed without a post. Blogging has been put on the back burner due to much of my time being tied up in my side job-- writing scholar's bowl questions. For about 7 or 8 years I have written scholar's bowl questions of meets at a few different schools but primarily for my alma mater. Every year I consider giving this up since I started in college to earn some money but now that I am gainfully employed a few extra bucks doesn't seem worth the hours of work. However I do enjoy working on it and most of it can be done while watching TV so I trudge on. I sent off the questions Saturday afternoon and was excited to have my free time back so I celebrated-- by cooking. And making a huge mess of our kitchen. So here's what we have been up to.
- Our Friday and Saturday nights were spent working on scholars bowl stuff. We edited the questions I wrote one night and then Arthur practiced moderating , "reading", questions for a local scholars bowl meet that we are helping with this week the next night. We have trivia running out of our ears.
- All weekend I have been like a squirrel stock piling food in the freezer. I made my first ever pot roast, a large pot of cheesy chicken chowder, a crockpot of black beans, a few dozen pizza pockets, and a few chicken tortellini casseroles. Our freezer is now stocked and hopefully I won't feel like I am scrambling to think of something for us to eat for dinner.
- While I was making a mess in the kitchen, Arthur took three high school guys he mentors to the Sternberg museum in Hays.
- A few weeks ago my brother invited us to go to the K-State vs. Baylor football game. It was a glorious evening for the game and overall it was a good game. The chips didn't fall the way we would have liked as with most of the football season thus far. Our seats were about 15 rows up from the Cats' sideline so I always enjoy watching the athletic trainers at work. This also gave us good vantage points for watching pregame and half time-- this is a big reason why I go to games.
- This past week we attended a K-State volleyball game since my cousin Eleanor was singing the national anthem for Veterans Day. We also got to see my aunt and uncle, several cousins, and my brother and niece. My niece finally got to give a high five to Willie the Wildcat who has been elusive at most of the other events she has been to. We enjoyed watching the volleyball game. I don't understand volleyball tactics but the movements and athleticism are impressive. The entertainment between sets was the K-State Marching band. About two hundred members filled the court at Ahearn and being surrounded by that much sound was a whole new way to experience the Fight Song and The Wabash Cannonball. Next we had a late dinner with Eleanor and Hillary at Noodles and Company. The three of us usually get together at my house for accountability group on Wednesdays but met at the volleyball game instead. Arthur is a good sport to tag along with us.
- One of the items on Arthur's bucket list is seeing the musical Wicked. It is playing in Springfield, MO in February so we bought our tickets this weekend. My brother Arnold and his wife are also joining us for a double date weekend for Valentines Day. My brother and I didn't realize we married Wicked fanatics.
- Other activities have included our evening walks which are now done mostly in the dark, watering the garden at church which will soon be put into a greenhouse for the winter, and figuring out insurance benefits for the upcoming year. Omnia Vincit Amor.
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