Thursday, October 1

6:44 p.m. -   How weird is that that I picked 6:44 in the a.m. and p.m. to contribute something to the blog.  Tomorrow is my "last day" of teaching for awhile.  I may have to take a few days here and there if Mrs. Mitola is absent, but she takes over everything on Monday.  I feel like I got as far as I wanted to get in the "set-up", and I feel like she is more than ready to take over.  She will feel overwhelmed, but she also needs to experience that feeling of scrambling that teachers often feel.  While I want the students to be prepared for their next level, I also want her to be prepared for her first teaching job.  After school today, I worked on getting the camper all ready for a little cold weather camping over the weekend.  We are headed to Keithsburg, and this will be a new experience for us.  This might be the last time Amber gets to have a camping weekend, but I still will likely go out at least once more, perhaps twice before winterizing the trailer for the weekend.  We did have a mouse in the trailer this week, so I'm going to do some YouTube surfing to help educate myself on keeping mice out.  I hope tomorrow goes quickly...even though this week featured two days of "remote teaching" from home, it still seems like it has been a very long week.

6:44  a.m. - I tried to shake up my morning routine this morning, and for some reason I never seem to have enough time to get everything done that I would like to complete.  Basketball season is round around the corner, and it's going to be a doozie.  I have gained a few pounds back recently, and I need to shed those and get back into a little better cardio health.  

Things to do for school

- get stream ready for Friday - DONE

- enter FRW scores - DONE

- check on dates to evaluate Mrs. Mitola

- view Ms. Kapraun lesson - DONE

Things I Could Do or Need to Do In the Future

• Get JayFlight 10220 ready for takeoff - DONE
• Write out Edgington water bill
• Take care of chores Tuesday through Friday EVENINGS at farm.
• Winterize and cover the pool.
• Winterize the trailer.

Things that I NOW think about with the coronavirus. (10/1)

• 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 - 363
• ILLINOIS YESTERDAY
• hospitalizations - 378
• ILLINOIS TODAY
• hospitalizations - 359

• ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
• YESTERDAY - 3,077 positive cases; 77 deaths
• TODAY - 3,112 positive cases; 77 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