Saturday

[hmchurch]

     Thursday we had a severe late-summer storm--straight-line winds 75+ mph, golf-ball size hail for about 15 minutes, heavy rain. Pretty amazing display of Nature's power!  Our two cars were sitting out, and though the bodies were dimpled a bit, no windshields / windows broken--unlike most of the people in my neighborhood.  But I had two windows

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[omahasparkle]

I'd help with the clean up if I lived closer. :)

32 people is a lot for an English class! I hope they're all good and dedicated students. :)

[hmchurch]

clean-up was a multi-day process! I could have used the help--took me about 24 hours of raking to do all the "visible" yard. Still haven't done the fenced in, private back yard. maybe this weekend?

[elena23]

32 -- holy cow! That's a heck of a class...I don't recall any of my upper-level English courses being more than 20 people. Crazy! I guess that it's a good sign, though. Maybe they all saw that you were teaching it and decided to jump right in? :)

[hmchurch]

I ended up with 34 in the class--the cap / limit for upper-division courses. MPU hasn't been too enthusiastic about hiring new people and we have 2 unfilled positions right now. So that means bigger class sizes across the board. I'd like to dream it had something to do with my "star power," but realistically, I don't think so.

[ftemery]

That was quite a storm! Holy cow!

[hmchurch]

still haven't been able to get an insurance adjuster out to look at stuff. they're way too busy. I'd like to get a roof and garage siding out of the deal, but it's sketchy. The insurance folks don't like to give you back the money you paid in all those years.

[hmchurch]

I'm so glad you like G & Ts. They're yummy in the summer--very refreshing (and actually good anytime, IMHO). I've also heard that the tonic is supposed to be good for you, but that may be a fable.