This and That

Hi Family,

Well, I hope you all still remember to check your blog. Hannah, we really enjoyed reading your blog. Thank you! Your classes sound interesting. Because of all your traveling, I'm sure that your Geography class is interesting to you. Maybe you get your interest of maps from your Dad??

Things have warmed up here. It has been in the high 80's for the last 6 days, with Sundays high of 91 being the high temp in the lower 48. We'll just enjoy it while it lasts.

A week ago Sunday our Tennis Club had a FUN tennis tournament. Grandpa and I were playing mixed doubles when he hurt his knee. It didn't hurt to walk or ride his bike, just the sideways motion. He went to see an orthopedic doctor today, and after an exam and x-rays, there might be a slight tear in the cartilage or meniscus. The doctor thinks it's a sharp edge (like a hang nail) that might wear off. They gave him a cortisone injection and told him to come back in a month. He can go back to tennis on Monday. Hope everything goes well.

Sis and Roy were here from Saturday until Tuesday. They were in Santa Fe to visit Tom and from here they were going to Texas to visit friends and sight see. We had a GREAT visit. Bernie is coming on the 17th for a week. It's great to have visitors!!

Hope to hear from all of you soon.

Love to all,
Grandma and Grandpa

Maps, maps, and more...yeah, you guessed...maps!

Well, I have been kept so busy lately by my geographic studies! I finally finished the intense J-term (read the whole Old Testament) and got back only to realize that the work is just beginning! I'm enjoying my classes. I'm taking 5 this semester. Public Speaking and Fitness for Life are nothing too difficult...I can handle that. Now the other three though...this might be an interesting semester. First there's intro to internat'l studies....lots of fun reading and discussion. Last class consisted of a quick crash course of world history since 1945! Then comes the actual world history class! It's 5 credit hours and already a lot information all at once. At least it's interesting! Then there's my 8:00 class....in the farthest building from my dorm....yay for early morning walks! At least the negative temperatures seem to have ended! But that class is my regional geography and it is probably the class that demands the most effort, but I've also been finding it to be the class I like the best so far. My friend Nicole is in that class with me and we have been living and breathing maps for the past week. Right now the focus is Europe. Guess what lecture included...a crash course in European history from the Greeks to the present. Anyways, I am now up to date on all the European countries and their capitals. Now it's time to work on rivers and cities and mountains and such.

So if anybody has questions about the geographic whereabouts of certain places in Europe. I will soon be the person to ask...hopefully.

Love you all!