I can’t tell you how much I’ve been looking forward to September 22, 2021 (precisely at 3:20 PM, to be exact). For those of you not in the know, that was the date and time of the annual Autumnal Equinox, better known as the first day of fall. Sure, others may have their favorites. I know folks who can’t get enough of summer. Some folks love the long cold, winter – while others love the rebirth of spring. For me,…
I’ll admit it – I’m a planner by nature. I’m always looking ahead, trying to figure out schedules, menus, chores, money decisions, vacations – literally every aspect of my life. Sure, I can be spontaneous, but I’ll be the first one to tell you that it doesn’t happen very often. If my wife came home one day and said “let’s drive to Florida for the weekend!”, my mind would probably lock up from all of the decision points it was…
So we’re now finished with Week 2 of college football, and I have watched more games in the past two weeks than I have in the past twenty years. Why, you may ask? Well, my youngest is going to a premiere SEC school in the south (all I’ll say is that Forrest Gump also went there), and since she is going to or watching games every week now, I feel almost like I HAVE to watch them – just to…
As school is back in session all over the local area, this time of year is also marked by the return of public education’s transportation workhorse – the school bus. Gone once again are the days when I could whisk down the roads into work on my early morning drive. I now have to time my morning commute with the precision of a federal bank heist, where one minute out of-sync will mean the difference between an effortless drive or…