The Dynamic Duo

If you are still reading this blog, you are indeed loyal readers and I commend (or question you?) on persevering through times of plentiful blogging and times of blog famine, through insightful and cleverly humorous observations and blogs full of incoherent raving and self-pity. And truthfully, I’m not quite sure which category this one is going to fit into. It occurred to me, recently, that my ramblings are rather like an episode of “The Simpsons.” They might all start off with Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa (and sometimes Maggie) off on a family vacation, and before you know it, Lisa is running for President, Bart is manufacturing and selling T-shirts and Homer is….well you never know what that crazy guy is going to do, do you? Anyway, you get the point. I sometimes have an idea or where I want to go, but invariably get lost in twists and turns along the way.
I had a nice weekend in Emmett with my sister, Panther and my new brother in law John….hmmn…too many “John’s” in the family already. He needs a pithy Ultra name…………maybe UltraRyder? (cause that’s his last name, and he does like to ride bikes and motorcycles.) Anyway, I got to be spoiled and got to spend a lot of sister quality time, which was what I needed. Bonus was getting to spend time with a favorite niece, (Ultra)Linda, who tells me, though I doubt this can be true, that she will graduate from college this year. UltraRyder replaced a headlight on my car, gave me produce from his impressive garden, and washed my car for me. With Panther, I walked, talked, shopped and cooked. With all of them I ate, played ping pong, went to church and watched baseball. The ‘boys’ got to come along; I think it was Rowdy’s first visit. They were pretty good, and did NOT provoke the evil dachshund Anya, who tried to kill them each in turn. They did bark, just a little bit at Fatz, the cat.
I arrived home in plenty of time (about 2 1/2 hours) to complete and post a political science assignment to the online ‘bulletin board discussion area.’ In fact, I posted with about 4 minutes to spare. I think it was this exhilarating accomplishment that made me think “What the heck? So what if it’s nearly midnight and I have to get up at 5 am tomorrow. I think I’ll wrote a post.” We are on the Judicial System right now. I’m sure Johnny could have been a lot of help writing this paper if he weren’t so darn lazy and ethical, but no, I had to do it all by myself. Thanks for nothing, Mr. Future Attorney. It was pretty interesting learning about the 1876 controversial Presidential election of Hayes vs Tilden that had, as Bush v Gore did so many years later, a resolution from the US Supreme Court. So far, school is going well, but I’m not sure how I’d handle it if I had more classes and had to actually manage my time better. Maybe next semester I’ll take on a little more. Then again, maybe not…the adrenaline rush is over and I’m flagging. Time for some z’s….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Later….zzzzzzzzzzz.

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