Saturday, April 1

6:55 a.m. - Well, the weather is no April Fool's Day joke.  The weather is cold, wet, and windy.  Last night we escaped any damage from the bad storm outbreak.  After being released early from our in-service, I went to Casey's and filled my truck up with gas and my gas can too.  I was prepared for power outages that I thought would surely occur.  And we watched the weather coverage on KWQC and saw many, many tornado warnings and listened to the coverage.  We had a lot of wind, and we had some quarter size hail.  I haven't gone out to see if the siding or truck took any damage.  Needless to say, canceling the weekend camping plans turned out to be the right call.  

Yesterday at school was normal for an 11:30 day.  Today will be similar to last weekend.  Not sure if/when/or how long we may have visitors.  Tonight my mom's saddle club is having a trivia night, so I will probably make an appearance there.  

I did get in a little strength training last night while watching the NCAA Women's Final Four.  Iowa upset South Carolina to make it to the championship game.  I also watched a little coverage of Former President Trump's indictment.  It's amazing to here the opinions and thoughts of his fans and supporters.  Those folks say this is politically motivated because the lead district attorney is a democrat.  Meanwhile, the former president is raising money from his situation.  I say if all of this is a "witch hunt" with no finding, then he will be found innocent.  Let the judicial process play out...no one is above the law.  And if he is above the law, then someone just let me know which laws I can violate without any consequences.

Things to do for school

• receive visit confirmation from EICC, 
• check into costs of Fahrenheit 451 graphic novels
• work on research paper prompt
• Write an argument in which you select an historical figure you have encountered so far in English III or U.S. History that would prove to be an effective leader for the United States in 2023. In your argument include research of relevant background information of your selected individual, as well as her/his effective leadership traits (and if you believe those traits would translate to today's modern challenges).

Things to do

• get explanation back from Bigham/Country Companies
• April 19 - rescheduled eye appointment
• make sub plans
• Saturday, April 22nd - Mick Louck retirement Aledo VFW 2-5 p.m.

April

3 - at Kewanee - with Chris Johnson - var vs. ROWVA - Chris has plate

4 - Anniversary Day

    at Annawan - with John Kereven - var/fs vs. Sherrard - I HAVE PLATE

5 - at Galesburg - with Ron Grant - var with Knoxville

6 - BLOCKED OPEN

7-8-9-10 - EASTER WEEKEND

11 - Cole's Birthday -- at Alleman - with Lloyd - var/fs with Quincy

12 - OPEN

13 - at MonRose - with Jason - var/f/s with Erie-Prophetstown

14-15-16 - weekend

17 - at Sherrard - with Chuck Schuette - var vs. Erie-Prophetstown

18 - at United with Jason - var/fs vs. Annawan-Wethersfield

19 - at Annawan - with??? - var/fs???

20 - at Moline with Pete - var vs. Sterling

21-22-23 - weekend  - 23 - Carmen and Tyler's Anniversary

24 - at Riverdale - with Steve V. - var vs. Sherrard

25 - at West Central - with Leah - var vs. Galva

26 - at Sherrard - with Doug - var/fs vs. Alleman

27 - at Merco - with Jason - var/fs vs. Stark County

28-29-30 - weekend

May

1 - at Orion - with Lennie - var/fs vs. MonRose

2 - OPEN

3 - at AlWood - with Jason - var/fs vs. Sherrard

4 - at MonRose - with Jason - var/fs vs. Orion

5-6-7 - weekend

8 - at Annawan - with??? - var/fs???

9 - at Geneseo - with Lloyd - var vs. Rock Island

10 - at Kewanee - with Jason - var vs. Rock Island

11 - at Merco - with Cahill - var/fs vs. Annawan-Wethersfield

12-13-14 - weekend

15 - IHSA 1A/2A regionals

22 - IHSA 1A/2A sectionals & IHSA 3A/4A regionals
29 - IHSA 1A/2A supersectional & IHSA 3A/4A sectionals
June 2-3 - IHSA 1A/2A state finals
June 5 - IHSA 3A/4A supersectional
June 9-10 - IHSA 3A/4A