Sunday, Sept. 20

2:23 p.m. - I'm sitting here in the living room watching the Bears attempt to lose a game that they seem to have in hand in the third quarter.  We went camping at Galesburg East Campground in Knoxville over the weekend, and we did a great job of breaking camp and getting back home and unloading today.  The campground was just what we needed for a little weekend trip, even though the campsites were a little too close to each other for my preferences. This morning I went for a walk on their trail and it was bigger and nicer than I thought it would be; I wish I would have gone for a walk on that trail yesterday too.  I didn't do any fishing in the little pond event though I saw someone else catch a pretty big catfish, and I didn't play any pee-wee golf.  We did have my officiating buddies and their spouses over last night and had a nice supper and great conversation around the campfire.  The only disappointing thing about the weekend was this morning's shower in the bathhouse.  There just wasn't much pressure to the shower, but that's a very minor criticism.  I also had a little difficulty with dumping; rather than using the on-site full hookup option, I opted for the dump station because of the closesness of the sites to neighbors, and because I think I left the gray water valve slightly open after the last camping trip, so I wanted to be sure I wasn't using the valves while on an actual campsite until I knew exactly the problem.  But everything ended up fine and we were home and in the recliners at home watching the Bears before the end of the first half.  Now we have looked at the calendar and may have two or three weekends possible for some fall camping before we winterize the trailer and put it in storage at my mom and dad's.

Things I Could Do or Need to Do In the Future

• 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 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

- NEED TO SET UP 1,3,4 ASSIGNMENT IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM FOR MONDAY - DONE

- get Association new enrollment forms collected and sent with updated roster

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

- check and see if remote students have sent read aloud video

- score release pre-assessment essays (connect Doctopus and Flubaroo)

- score and release pre-assessment reading 

- post SAT "flyers" on the wall for me and Mrs. Mitola

Things that I NOW think about with the coronavirus. (9/20)

• 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 - 
• ILLINOIS YESTERDAY
• hospitalizations - 
• ILLINOIS TODAY
• hospitalizations - 329

• ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
• YESTERDAY - ____ positive cases; __ deaths
• TODAY -2,789 positive cases; 71 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