So, I completed my first class.... Business Analytics and got my final grade last week. It took about 30 hours of study after my normal hours at work - every week for 7 weeks. It took everything I had mentally. In a way I felt broken. I was able to emerge from the class with a B+ (89.455) but it extracted everything from me. I still am disputing a grade so I suppose after the dust settles I could get an A- but suffice it to say it set the stage for how I handle all future classes. I am now taking a micro economics and a python development class. So far, I am doing well in both classes. I am really enjoying the micro economics class. This degree really is helping me to appreciate what my kids are going through in school. COVID has made learning online more of a normal thing and this degree is no exception.
Today a neighbor of ours invited us over for dinner tonight. Samantha made some of her delicious baked beans. They served some Texas BBQ that they had smoked and it was seriously delicious. We visited for a couple of hours and it was good. Both Samantha and I are fairly private people without a huge friend group so getting out and about was good and we all had a good time.
Two of my kids are battling colds that have lasted a few days. They are both on the mend but we have quarantined them to their bedrooms while they have been sick. Madilyn is just now feeling 110% better so it is good to see the kiddos getting back to feeling better. Ammon is still battling a sore throat so we told him to gargle some salt water and head to bed. By the way - I really dislike daylight savings. Pick a time. My preference would be for daylight savings time to become the normal time but I'm really ok with any time so long as it doesn't change. Just my 2 cents.
Emma turned 20 last week. That is so sobering. I am having a hard time processing that. I still recall when she was 7. Time marches on.
I feel like I am turning into my grandfather who slept wearing a winter beanie. I just am so cold that a hat keeps me from feeling so frigid. It is weird, I know.
Well - I'm off to bed. Until later -
