Saturday, September 12

8:57 p.m. - Cubs win!  4 runs in the top of the ninth and then Kimbrel held the Brewers off in the bottom to finish off the improbable come-from-behind victory.  That kind of capped off a pretty good day.  I spent the morning working on lesson plans for the week and figured a few things out.  I got a nice walk and light lift in while watching Notre Dame football beat Duke.  At halftime, I cooked up some brats I had boiled in beer, onions, and butter earlier in the day, which included a pepper mixture that I had prepared and cooked up to go along with the brats.  I also have been reading some of my book, and I plan to do that tomorrow as well.  So while it pretty much was a damp, yucky weather day, it was a good day inside to get things done and relax a little.  Tomorrow, I'd like to see about mowing the yard and see if the pool motor will fire up.  It wouldn't run today, but sometimes that happens for some reason when the ground is wet from rain.

Things I Could Do or Need to Do In the Future

• Monday, Sept. 14 FRVB at Assumption 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, Sept. 15 JHSB at Cambridge 4:30 p.m.
• Paint the shed.
• Continue working on restoring the channel of the ditch.
• Replace seals and gaskets in the pool motor. - AFTER POOL CLOSING

Things to do for Ms. Mitola

- by second week of September - Ms. Mitola takes over advanced sections

- by end of September - Ms. Mitola has all sections

- by second week of December, I take over all sections and Ms. Mitola wraps up

Things to do for school

- update Mitola Kapraun logs

- update Association records and work on membership stuff

- enter grades for blogger URL

- enter grades for FRW book decision

- figure out how students can demonstrate completion of a "virtual" post secondary exploration activity

Things that I NOW think about with the coronavirus. (9/12)

• Stats
• February 29 was the first reported positive case in Illinois. 
• March 20, there were 585 reported positive cases.
• As of May 29 (3 months), there were 120,260 positive cases and 5,390 deaths.
• As of June 29 (4 months), there were 142, 461 positive cases and 6,902 deaths.
• As of July 31 (5 months), there were 178,837 positive cases and 7,495 deaths.
• As of August 29 (6 months), there were 231,363 positive cases and 8,008 deaths.

• ILLINOIS PREVIOUS DAY
• hospitalizations - 346
• ILLINOIS YESTERDAY
• hospitalizations - 359
• ILLINOIS TODAY
• hospitalizations - 344

• ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
• YESTERDAY - 2,558 positive cases; 67 deaths
• TODAY - 2,582 positive cases; 67 deaths

Prayer for My Heart

Holy Spirit...

Help me have... 

    a pure heart, that I may see;
    a humble heart, that I may hear;
    a heart of love, that I may serve;
    a heart of faith, that I may abide in the spirit. 

                                                                     Amen