College football is on, specifically Alabama at Missouri, but the Tide is pretty much running away with it (oops, as I type this, Mizzou runs a kick-off back for a touchdown). So I'll keep it on to keep up with it, but it doesn't keep my 100% attention, and I find myself drifting away. So I thought that maybe I'd just jot down stuff as I drift. I mean, after all, the subtitle of the blog is Whatever Pops Into My Head.
I often think that I should write this page more often. I was in a pretty good habit of it for a while, then it just went away. I need some things that give me a more creative outlet. I've always thought of myself as a creative person, but I don't have (or maybe take advantage of) opportunities to express that creativity. I get a bit of a taste of it for tomorrow at church. I'm giving a talk about "What Arlington Means to Me." 5 minutes. I'm a little nervous, but I think it'll be OK.
Both of my Scout units are in the field this weekend. Troop 275 is canoeing on the Buffalo River in West Tennessee, and Pack 924 is at Boxwell Scout Reservation near Lebanon for Cub N Family camp. I had to work today, of course. The relatively new General Manager at Sam's Club has told me that I can get the weekends off that I need for scouts, but I was off last weekend for an activity, and no matter what he says, I'm concerned about it looking like I'm taking advantage of the situation, so I felt that I'd better not ask off this weekend too. What a way to live...
Don't really hear much from DJ since he moved to MTSU. I feel like I'm still up-to-date with him through social media, and he and I watch football together through text messages a lot of the time. He's dropped by a couple of Fridays when I'm usually off as he kills time waiting for his girlfriend to get out of class for their date night. I still remind him (and I am NOW, as a matter of fact) that he needs to talk to his mother once in a while! But, to be fair, he brought Savannah over last Saturday for dinner with Mom, and she liked that. (I wasn't here, of course.)
Ricky is starting to get fired up about college, but he's got that damn "Senior-itis" of putting things off. He and Monica went to Tennessee Tech in Cookeville yesterday for a college visit, and I'm thinking that will get him a little more focused.
Cincinnati Reds let me down. I really like post-season baseball, but since I don't follow it much during the season, I don't have a team, so I follow the Reds because of Monica. They had a good team this year, and I was excited about having a team to cheer for, then BOOM! they got eliminated in the first round. So it'll be a normal World Series experience for me.
Watch this space. I haven't said much today, but I've enjoyed writing it, so I think I'm going to discipline myself to pick a day to write so that I post at least once a week.
