Friday, March 4

5:44 a.m. - I got the final stop of our Black Hills trip scheduled yesterday, and I'm not happy about it.  Rooms in Cody Wyoming were over $200.  I ended up booking a cabin at a KOA in Greybull for $160 for one freaking night....grrrr.  And I was hoping to avoid mountains on this trip, but apparently I can't avoid mountains.  I'm already cringing that drive, but I won't be pulling the trailer.

Today should be a pretty simple day, and then Amber and I are headed to Mendota to watch the boys basketball team play.  

The weather forecast for this weekend sounds rainy and stormy, and I think we have the Harrison kids, plus I think Sunday is Rosalea's baptism.  So basically the weekend is gone before it even really begins - sometimes weekends are like that.

On the international scene, Russia is pounding Ukraine with artillery.  I just don't see the end game in all of this.  Does Putin really think he can just wipe out the country and have someone he wants to take control?  Wouldn't he have to occupy the country for a long, long time to establish that?  Maybe his plan is to just make Ukraine one big pile of rubble that is a buffer between him and the NATO countries.  Last night the news was reporting that there was fighting in and around Europe's biggest nuclear plant...doesn't seem to me to be a safe place to be tossing bombs and missiles at each other.

Last night I filled up the gas tank in the HHR at Casey's in Andalusia and used E85 gas.  Fill up cost me over $50.  Ugh, ugh, ugh.  Filling up the GMC and pulling the camper this summer with these gas prices is going to be ridiculous.

English III

• create the English III next day's agenda and schedule post to stream
• score assignments and record into Lumen as needed - n/a
• score Alone in the Wilderness papers

Other Things To Do

• complete Iowa SB rules meeting
• pick up justice scale in Sterling
• load up softball gear in HHR

2022 

• Mar. 7 -- RTA Meeting with BOE - 4:30 p.m.

SOFTBALL UMPIRING

• Mar. 14 -SB (2 games) at Merco 4:30 with Jason
• Mar. 15 - SB (1 JV game) at Sherrard 4:30 with Pete
• Mar. 18 - SB at United 4:30
• Sunday, March 20
• Mar. 21 - open
• Mar. 22 - SB (2 games) at Cambridge 4:30 with Jason
• Mar. 23 -- SB (1 V game) at Sherrard 4:30 with Doug
• RTA Meeting with BOE - 4:30 p.m.
• Mar. 26 -- SB (2 games) at Knoxville noon with Leah
• Sunday, March 27
• March 28-Apr 1 - SPRING BREAK
• Sunday, April 3
• Apr. 4 -- SB (2 games) at Merco 4:30 with Cahill
• Apr. 5 -- SB (2 games) at Orion 4:30 with Jason
• Apr. 6 -- OPEN
• Apr. 7 -- SB (2 games) at MonRose 4:30 with ???
• Apr. 8 -- OPEN
• Apr. 9 -- OPEN
• Sunday, April 10
• Apr. 11 -- at UTHS (JV) 4:30
• Apr. 12 -- SB (2 games) at Knoxville 4:30 with Jason
• Apr. 13 -- OPEN
• Apr. 14 -- BLOCKED OPEN
• Apr. 15 -- BLOCKED OPEN - Good Friday no school
• Apr. 16 -- BLOCKED OPEN
• Sunday, April 17 Easter Sunday
• Apr. 18 -- BLOCKED OPEN no school
• Apr. 19 -- SB (2 games) at Knoxville 4:30 with Ron Grant
• Apr. 20 -- SB (2 games) at Sherrard 4:30 with Lennie
• Apr. 21 -- SB (2 games) at United 4:30 with Jason
• Apr. 22 -- BLOCKED OPEN
• Apr. 23 -- BLOCKED OPEN
• Sunday, April 24
• Apr. 25 -- SB (1 V game) at Sherrard 4:30 with Ryan VanDeWoestyne
• Apr. 26 -- SB (2 games) at AlWood 4:30 with Chet
• Apr. 27 -- SB (2 games) at MonRose 4:30 with Lennie
• Apr. 28 -- SB (2 games) at United 4:30 with Jason
• Apr. 29 -- BLOCKED OPEN
• Apr. 30 -- BLOCKED OPEN
• Sunday, May 1
• May 2 -- SB (2 games) at MonRose 4:30 with Doug
• May 3 -- SB (2 games) at AlWood 4:30 with Jason
• May 4 -- SB (2 games) at Orion 4:30 with David Olinger
• May 5 -- SB (2 games) at Rock Island 4:30 with Vandervinne
• May 6 -- BLOCKED OPEN
• May 7 -- BLOCKED OPEN
• Sunday, May 8
• May 9 -- SB (1 V game) at Galesburg 4:30 with Jason
• May 10 -- SB (2 games) at Knoxville 4:30 with Dan Burgland
• May 11 -- OPEN
• May 12 -- SB (2 games) at MonRose 4:30 with Chris Johnson
• May 13 -- BLOCKED OPEN
• May 14 -- BLOCKED OPEN
• Sunday, May 15
• May 16-21 - IHSA softball regionals
• May 16 - OPEN
• May 17 -- SB SB (1 V game) at Geneseo 4:30 with Lloyd
• May 18 -- at Geneseo (JV)
• May 19 -- OPEN
• May 20 -- OPEN
• May 21 -- OPEN
• Sunday, May 22
• May 23-27 - IHSA softball sectionals
• May 23 -- SB at DeWitt 6:30 with ???
• May 24 -- SB at Moline 4:30 with Tim Alonzo
• Sunday, May 29
• May 30 - 1A/2A supersectional
• June 3-4 - 1A/2A softball state tournament