There are three dogs that don’t know what to think about this new bedroom. Flyer moved upstairs and took her place on a blanket laid out for her, and settled in for the evening. Chief and Navi, however, right bit unsettled. It took them about 15 minutes of walking around sniffing everything and trying to figure out where their place was now.

It is 130 in the morning and all the furry creatures are snoring loudly.

My day began at 6 AM. I kept busy with some chores downstairs on the main floor for a while, and then returned upstairs to add the second coat of paint to the bedroom. Once that was done I cleaned the floors thoroughly, and began moving furniture up from my downstairs bedroom around 6 o’clock in the evening. This is the first time that I’ve had a bedroom this large since I lived a 25 Main St. in Elwood, Indiana.

There’s still quite a few things to do in the upstairs bedroom but at least 95% of it is complete. Tomorrow, I will begin the process of moving my study into what used to be my downstairs bedroom. My current study is 10′ x 10′, and my old bedroom, now emptied of everything, is 12′ x 12′. This will be a massive undertaking. However, I am excited about the larger study.

Monday begins the long three-day span of teaching which will last the remainder of the summer. I will begin at 9 AM each day, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and end at 7:30 or 8 o’clock in the evening. They are incredibly long days, but I have four days off and that is what I love most. This will hopefully allow me to get yard work done, as well as a lot of writing.

A very cool breeze blows through the two windows in the upstairs bedroom, accompanied by the rustling of leaves and the dancing wind-chimes. We’re supposed to get thunderstorms, however, they were supposed to begin at 10 o’clock.

Now it is time to sleep. Tomorrow will be another long day, followed by the adjustment of three very long days of teaching.

From DLJH’s iPhone
“Make it a great day!”