I spent the afternoon in the car because the sun was out and the car was pretty warm. In fact, I took my hat and gloves off and wore my mitts. But I was under my wool throw. Pretty comfortable.
But the sun goes down about 4:30 these days and it got bitterly cold after that. The wind picked up and was rocking the car so I moved shop into the college. Zach and I had soup and sandwiches (brought from home) in the commons and kicked back and killed an hour or so. He left to go to class and I stayed put for a while, then took the cooler and stuff back out to the car and brought back the ds and some sodas but just as I got all sprawled out in the booth, a woman came in and started laying tests out on the tables so I left because she said they were going to be testing the rest of the evening.
There are a couple of comfortable chairs in the foyer area so I camped out there and played games for 4 hours while waiting for Zach. And talked to one of the maintenance staff. She always is so friendly to me but I'm sure she's been curious that for 3 semesters she's been seeing me enter the building to visit the bathroom and head back out to the parking lot several times a day, a few days a week. Now she knows why. I don't think I'll sit out in the car anymore. It's just too cold.
I can't speak highly enough about Moraine Park Technical College. I've only had experiences on two of the campuses, but if I had had a college like this when I got out of the Navy the first time, I never would have gone back in. The one I tried to go to wasn't really a quality education. But maybe tech schools weren't back then. I know now, though, that Zach is getting a great education. Sure, some of his teachers aren't his favorites, but that's life.
I am looking forward to an easy schedule next week. I do plan on getting some clearing out done while Tom is gone. It's the only time I can get by with it. He's been known to go through the trash if he suspects there is something in there he doesn't want thrown out. I've seen him pull stuff out and take it upstairs. After a safe amount of time, the stuff goes back to the trash but he has forgotten it by then.
He was supposed to leave tomorrow morning from work but his niece can't leave until evening so he's going to try to sleep. I think he expects me to wake him up but I won't be here so he's on his own.
I just found out last night that HBO and Cinemax are part of our package. I checked to see of we were paying extra but we don't seem to be so I guess I'll watch it from time to time. I found out by accident when I punched the wrong numbers in the remote. I thought it was a fluke until I checked the bill. And of course there was nothing on I wanted to watch.
I finished Buffy the sixth season. I so want to own that. Once More with Feeling is one of my favorite episodes. But Wall-E is out and I want to get that for Zach for Christmas. Prince Caspian is coming out very soon but I think only one dvd for Christmas. It will still be around and maybe I can get it in January. I prefer the wide screen editions and those go fast so I might have to settle for full screen. But maybe the price will go down as well.
Or we can wait for a long time until it really goes down in price.
But I'm still getting Wall-E for Christmas for Zach. He's lamenting his childhood. Now that he's a man, he doesn't get toys anymore. And his paycheck goes into the bank for his college so he's not spending any money on himself. So maybe just one thing that's not practical.
I'm tired and haven't gotten any knitting done today so I'm off to watch stuff I've taped this week and knit until I fall asleep. I'm going to try to sleep in tomorrow but it's so hard when Tom comes in and plays catch on the bed with Professor or plays tug-of-war and gets him growling or bangs doors and dishes and turns the tv on loud. I never treated him that way whenever he would sleep downstairs in the living room instead of going up to his room and life had to come to a halt because we didn't want to wake him up.
I think that speaks a lot of what exactly he feels for me.
Not a lot.
Well, off to make up the bed and enjoy what's left of tonight.
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