Well it's exciting up here in the wilds because it is a short week and I am looking forward to not having to work half the week. The kids only go to school on Monday and Tuesday and I am heading to Des Moines to visit the family sometime after that. I will be spending time with the folks at church on Sunday morning as well and I can't wait!
School semester 1 is about to finish and I am ready to start semester 2 come next January. I think the semester ends on December 10th. It sure is different to have a whole month off school. High school had like 2 weeks and that was cool but this is awesome! Hopefully I will find somewhere to work this winter break up here to earn some dough. That would be nice. I may end up working at someplace like wal-mart but that's alright and it's a seasonal help thing.
Anyway, not much to update on but I wanted to post something since it's been a little while. Amy came to visit me this weekend and she enjoyed making cookies for me. She has fallen in love with my KitchenAid mixer. On Saturday we headed to the cities for the day and tried to find some good hobby shops. We went to 8 and 6 were out of business. Google maps sucks. We didn't find any that were really great which is unfortunate but it made for a fun day anyway.
Talk to you all later and hopefully I will see you this weekend sometime!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Another day
Well life in Minnesota is going pretty well. Courtney is coming up this weekend and I am very excited to see her and to watch the Hawkeye game on Saturday! I am really looking forward to Thanksgiving because I get to head to Des Moines to see everyone and I even get to see my sister Lauren! She is coming all the way from Texas to spend Thanksgiving with us! I haven't seen her since she moved and that was way back in the beginning of March!
I am cleaning my apartment and getting things ready for Courtney's visit this weekend. After I got off of work today I went and got Emily some more food. The poor cat has been living off of cat treats for 2 days. O well she doesn't do anything around the house to hold up her end of the rent so she'll just have to be patient.
Well not much to say but life goes on.
I am cleaning my apartment and getting things ready for Courtney's visit this weekend. After I got off of work today I went and got Emily some more food. The poor cat has been living off of cat treats for 2 days. O well she doesn't do anything around the house to hold up her end of the rent so she'll just have to be patient.
Well not much to say but life goes on.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Back To Life
Well after being sick for four days I suppose it's time to try the whole "go make a living and don't get kicked out of apartment for not paying rent" thing. I went back to work this morning and the kids were surprisingly happy to see me. They said they were glad I was back. That was very nice and encouraging. Plus it was great to get out and get some fresh air!
Yesterday I went down to the office to pay rent and get the mail and it was nice to be outside for the first time in 4 days. Man it has been beautiful up here the last few days! The weather is supposed to be pretty incredible up here and I am looking forward to the weekend! I plan on going down to Des Moines and attending the train show with my dad on Saturday in Boone. Thanks for the gas money pops!
Well I'm off to jazz band in a couple of hours and it is going to be brutal since I haven't played in a week and my lips are totally chapped. AH!
Yesterday I went down to the office to pay rent and get the mail and it was nice to be outside for the first time in 4 days. Man it has been beautiful up here the last few days! The weather is supposed to be pretty incredible up here and I am looking forward to the weekend! I plan on going down to Des Moines and attending the train show with my dad on Saturday in Boone. Thanks for the gas money pops!
Well I'm off to jazz band in a couple of hours and it is going to be brutal since I haven't played in a week and my lips are totally chapped. AH!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Ahh college nights
Well it's 2:00 in the morning and I am still up. I figured out that taking a nap during the day is a bad idea and I end up not sleeping at night. Well what did I do today? Yes. I napped. Bad idea. I am now up and am out of papers to write.
Wow I am loving the weather up here! My heat/AC bill usually runs about 60 bucks and I have had my windows open A LOT the last month. It is so gorgeous up here! Even with the rain we've had it is still beautiful temperatures! My bill this time around was 28 dollars! YES! Anything to spend a little less money! Amy is coming to visit this weekend and I am very excited! Poo poo on long distance relationships :-)
I am making some very nice friends up here and everyone is so nice! There's definitely something great about Minnesota. I was hoping to have Pastor Cox teach me how to clean deer so I could maybe save money on meat this year but unfortunately it's not going to happen this time around. Maybe next year! I am looking forward to being able to hunt the wilds of Minnesota as a resident with cheap resident rates! Pastor Cox was telling me about his big bear hunting expedition that he wants to do up in northern Minnesota and how expensive it is for out-of-staters. I wish there was some sort of reciprocity for Minnesota/Iowa/surrounding states residents. Now that I'm a resident it's gonna cost me over 2oo dollars to hunt deer in Iowa! Ouch! I don't think so! Not when I can do it up here for about 25 bucks a tag! I'm gonna have to go up north some year for fun and bag a black bear. What a story to tell the kids someday!
"Well kids, your daddy was a ruffian in college, he lived in the wilds of Minnesota and wrestled black bears Chuck Norris style." My poor children. I don't even have any and I'm already feeling bad for how embarrassing I am going to be to them :-)
Well, I wish you all the best of luck in life's endeavors! And as Uncle Red would say, "I'm pullin' for ya', we're all in this together! Keep your stick on the ice!"
Wow I am loving the weather up here! My heat/AC bill usually runs about 60 bucks and I have had my windows open A LOT the last month. It is so gorgeous up here! Even with the rain we've had it is still beautiful temperatures! My bill this time around was 28 dollars! YES! Anything to spend a little less money! Amy is coming to visit this weekend and I am very excited! Poo poo on long distance relationships :-)
I am making some very nice friends up here and everyone is so nice! There's definitely something great about Minnesota. I was hoping to have Pastor Cox teach me how to clean deer so I could maybe save money on meat this year but unfortunately it's not going to happen this time around. Maybe next year! I am looking forward to being able to hunt the wilds of Minnesota as a resident with cheap resident rates! Pastor Cox was telling me about his big bear hunting expedition that he wants to do up in northern Minnesota and how expensive it is for out-of-staters. I wish there was some sort of reciprocity for Minnesota/Iowa/surrounding states residents. Now that I'm a resident it's gonna cost me over 2oo dollars to hunt deer in Iowa! Ouch! I don't think so! Not when I can do it up here for about 25 bucks a tag! I'm gonna have to go up north some year for fun and bag a black bear. What a story to tell the kids someday!
"Well kids, your daddy was a ruffian in college, he lived in the wilds of Minnesota and wrestled black bears Chuck Norris style." My poor children. I don't even have any and I'm already feeling bad for how embarrassing I am going to be to them :-)
Well, I wish you all the best of luck in life's endeavors! And as Uncle Red would say, "I'm pullin' for ya', we're all in this together! Keep your stick on the ice!"
Friday, October 16, 2009
Thoughts......
It's time for some venting. I am loving my life in Minnesota and am hugely blessed for the positive environments that I have been exposed to such as classrooms and church. Unfortunately the only thing that ticks me off is the daily influence of high school aged kids. I am so sick of kids that have authority figures put in front of them that they totally disrespect. What is the deal with the way people are brought up? It doesn't matter how old the kid is. As long as they are under the leading of an authority figure they need to do what they're told. What these kids don't understand is that just because they have a few more freedoms, they will never be out of authority. There will always be a professor or boss to loom over them and control them. They have no idea what's in store for them when their parents kick them out of the house.
I've been watching this show on CMT called "The World's Strictest Parents." It's a show about super strict parents that take in totally crazy teen-ager's that have no respect for authority. As I watch some of the things that these kids do and how they act around people that are supposed to be controlling them, I think back to when I was a little kid and if my sisters or I screwed up, there was a consequence. I remember a simple tactic used by my parents. Spankings. I remember that sinking gut feeling when I had done something wrong and I knew that I was getting a spank from mom or dad. It made me think about what I was going to do before I acted. I can now say that that simple discipline that my parents showed me was a huge benefit for how I now instinctively act.
At work I could not imagine mouthing off to a boss or acting irresponsibly with the duties assigned to me. I couldn't imagine cussing out my parents and telling them that I hate them. Unfortunately I saw that crap every day in high school and I see it every day at work. The kids on my bus have learned very quickly that they keep their mouth shut and do what they're told for the 45 minutes that they are with me. I have a zero tolerance policy for disrespect and I am still surprised at how many pink slips I have to give out just because kids decide to cuss me out or look me in the eyes and lie about something stupid.
We have all screwed up plenty in our lives and I know that everyone could write down all kinds of stuff I have done that I'm not proud of I'm sure. However, the fact of the matter is, the teachings and disciplines I was taught by my parents and authority figures early on make me think before I act. I am remorseful when I screw up and I learn from every mistake. I see kids every day that could care less if they lie or steal. If they get caught, they only feel bad because they weren't sly enough not to get caught. They don't care at all that what they did was wrong.
I was watching the show I mentioned earlier this evening and I watched a 16 year old girl yelling at her mom and literally 90% of what she said had to be bleeped out. The mom stood there and listened and then she said something stupid like, "Well honey I didn't mean to blah blah blah..." Hello? Is anybody home? That was appalling. I would have absolutely died of guilt if I said half the stuff to my mom that she said to hers. Where do kids get off doing this stuff? The god of that house is money and t.v.
Now there's nothing wrong with money or t.v. but the point is that they are material. It's all material. Kids are growing up with no influences at all. They are self taught that they can do whatever they want because somehow they have the right. They think they have the right to do anything they want with no consequences. I feel bad for them. They are about to have a horribly rude awakening. I can't wait until they get out to the real world and find out that unless they want to be living under a bridge, they have to follow orders. It's just sad.
I hope these people grab ahold of God while they still can. I see lost people everyday but it really bothers me that they are totally ignorant and think they have control. It's scary. I pray everyday for the kids on my bus. I pray that I'm a positive influence on them at the least. I pray they aren't totally blindsided by the real world. Someday they will have to stand before God. I pray that they become his friend before that happens.
I've been watching this show on CMT called "The World's Strictest Parents." It's a show about super strict parents that take in totally crazy teen-ager's that have no respect for authority. As I watch some of the things that these kids do and how they act around people that are supposed to be controlling them, I think back to when I was a little kid and if my sisters or I screwed up, there was a consequence. I remember a simple tactic used by my parents. Spankings. I remember that sinking gut feeling when I had done something wrong and I knew that I was getting a spank from mom or dad. It made me think about what I was going to do before I acted. I can now say that that simple discipline that my parents showed me was a huge benefit for how I now instinctively act.
At work I could not imagine mouthing off to a boss or acting irresponsibly with the duties assigned to me. I couldn't imagine cussing out my parents and telling them that I hate them. Unfortunately I saw that crap every day in high school and I see it every day at work. The kids on my bus have learned very quickly that they keep their mouth shut and do what they're told for the 45 minutes that they are with me. I have a zero tolerance policy for disrespect and I am still surprised at how many pink slips I have to give out just because kids decide to cuss me out or look me in the eyes and lie about something stupid.
We have all screwed up plenty in our lives and I know that everyone could write down all kinds of stuff I have done that I'm not proud of I'm sure. However, the fact of the matter is, the teachings and disciplines I was taught by my parents and authority figures early on make me think before I act. I am remorseful when I screw up and I learn from every mistake. I see kids every day that could care less if they lie or steal. If they get caught, they only feel bad because they weren't sly enough not to get caught. They don't care at all that what they did was wrong.
I was watching the show I mentioned earlier this evening and I watched a 16 year old girl yelling at her mom and literally 90% of what she said had to be bleeped out. The mom stood there and listened and then she said something stupid like, "Well honey I didn't mean to blah blah blah..." Hello? Is anybody home? That was appalling. I would have absolutely died of guilt if I said half the stuff to my mom that she said to hers. Where do kids get off doing this stuff? The god of that house is money and t.v.
Now there's nothing wrong with money or t.v. but the point is that they are material. It's all material. Kids are growing up with no influences at all. They are self taught that they can do whatever they want because somehow they have the right. They think they have the right to do anything they want with no consequences. I feel bad for them. They are about to have a horribly rude awakening. I can't wait until they get out to the real world and find out that unless they want to be living under a bridge, they have to follow orders. It's just sad.
I hope these people grab ahold of God while they still can. I see lost people everyday but it really bothers me that they are totally ignorant and think they have control. It's scary. I pray everyday for the kids on my bus. I pray that I'm a positive influence on them at the least. I pray they aren't totally blindsided by the real world. Someday they will have to stand before God. I pray that they become his friend before that happens.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Just Checking In
Hello Everyone! I just wanted to say hello. This last week has gone very well and I have had a good time at work and at school. On friday I was able to take a group of fourth graders to a place called the Jack McGowan Farm. It is a huge acreage with a pumpkin catapult, shops, and a huge history play. The whole focus of the farm is to get kids to learn about history with some fun.
This week is a pretty easy one at work, as there is teacher meetings on Thursday and Friday. Tomorrow there is also an in-service but all it means is that there is a two hour late start. I can't wait to sleep in on Thursday and Friday!
Well not much to report but just wanted to say that all is well. Thanks for reading!
Morgan
This week is a pretty easy one at work, as there is teacher meetings on Thursday and Friday. Tomorrow there is also an in-service but all it means is that there is a two hour late start. I can't wait to sleep in on Thursday and Friday!
Well not much to report but just wanted to say that all is well. Thanks for reading!
Morgan
Monday, October 5, 2009
Best and Worst of the weekend
So I stole this concept from Pastor Cox.
Best:
1. Drove to St. Peter for Jv and Varsity Girls Soccer. Ended up in a tie and made enough money to pay two of my bills!
2. Church was awesome on Sunday!
3. The Hawkeyes and Broncos won!
Worst:
1. My sister Courtney got real sick this week and couldn't make it up to see me. I hope she is feeling better!
That's it! Off to another week of school and work!
Best:
1. Drove to St. Peter for Jv and Varsity Girls Soccer. Ended up in a tie and made enough money to pay two of my bills!
2. Church was awesome on Sunday!
3. The Hawkeyes and Broncos won!
Worst:
1. My sister Courtney got real sick this week and couldn't make it up to see me. I hope she is feeling better!
That's it! Off to another week of school and work!
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