Thursday, January 14

5:50 a.m. - Car wasn't finished yesterday, and I'm not sure that it was even looked at.  Maybe the parts for it hadn't arrived yet; maybe I took it in a day early.  I'll probably here from them today.  I was hoping last night to get a long walking stick hike in the woods, but that plan didn't work out.  Brinley and Brooklyn were at Jay's house when he got home from work, so we played for awhile, and then I went and visited with my parents because I hadn't seen them for a few days.  My mom had a Christmas present for me that hadn't yet arrived, so I picked that up, and I chatted with them for couple of hours and caught up on the workings of the world - filled with plenty of grumblings of President Trump.  Today should be another good day...students have a self-evaluation of their blog efforts, and then they will continue to work on their essays.  After school I think the Brinley and Brooklyn show is back, so I'll play with them again a bit and then probably watch some television.  On the national news front, the House did vote to impeach President Trump.  I don't see it becoming a thing in the Senate, but President Trump came out with a taped speech that basically said the things he should have said about a month ago.  You can always tell when Trump is saying things everyone else around him is telling him to say; it's taped; it's definitely presidential; it's in his serious tone; and it's perfectly edited and on script.  Maybe he should have stuck to that means of communication for his four years of office.

Things to do for school

• plan for return to school
• Indigenous American Unit/African Slave Unit
• complete first semester grades verifications after Jan. 15.
• review and enter grades for blog evaluations
• review and enter grades for FRW 1-13

• Daily
• edit today's agenda on the Stream with recorded class session
• create the next day's agenda and schedule post to stream - for Jan. 15
• add assignments/activities/resources to Google Classroom as needed - for Jan. 15
• score assignments and record into Lumen as needed
• respond to student/parent emails and update grades
• TUES - schedule FRW assignment for Wed.

Things I Could Do or Need to Do In the Future

• Pick up car at Slayden's
• BettPlex league 6 p,m Jan 15
• Get 2020 officiating report for taxes
• Listen to Google Tribe podcast
• Listen to IF podcasts
• order a IGHSAU basketball officiating shirt
• fix the green door.
• Check gmail messages.
• Have shin guards fixed somewhere?

Things that I NOW think about with the coronavirus. (1/14)

Tomorrow, our region is suppose to scale back some COVID restrictions, but I'm not sure what that is going to look like.  I did see that the IHSA had another meeting about sports, but the proverbial can was kicked down the road again.  I think the next "meeting" is January 25.  Football was suppose to start in mid-February, so I can't imagine basketball taking place this winter, and my life will be upside down if the IHSA attempts to have a Spring basketball season.  I'll be trying to officiate volleyball and basketball and umpire softball all around the same time period.


• ILLINOIS PREVIOUS DAY
• hospitalizations - 757

• ILLINOIS YESTERDAY
• hospitalizations - 749
• ILLINOIS TODAY
• hospitalizations - 742

• ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
• YESTERDAY
• RI County - 11,636 positive cases; 256 deaths
• 61284 - 178 reported positive cases
• TODAY
• RI County - 11,688 positive cases; 259 deaths
• 61284 - 180 reported positive cases

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.