Tags or Plates

I just happened to think of this as I was driving home from school today. Kind of a silly subject but one I do think about as I drive to different parts of our country. Living in a tourist area affords us the opportunity to see a lot of different license plates. I was wondering if any of you have these same random thoughts about license plates? There are several states' plates that when I see them I get a good feeling. Not that this is my complete list but here are a few. Vermont, Alaska, Wyoming, Virginia, Colorado, and North Dakota. Some of the states that don't give me such a warm and fuzzy feeling are (far and away my number 1) New Jersey, then Massachusetts, Connecticut, Texas, New York and well New Jersey again.

I've Been In Hockey Ever Since I Can Remember....

Suppose I ought to tell you where I have been lately. Nowhere actually. One of our computers was in the shop for repairs. That would be Leigh's computer. Hers is newer than mine so I use hers when I post things on this blog. Mine is a year or so older and is not really very technologically savvy anymore. The snow has finally left all parts of our yard and the grass is turning green. My cold frame is growing rather nicely. I put some lettuce, spinach, and mesclun mix in there. I got off to a rather late start this year as I was lazy last Fall and didn't set up my cold frame for the Spring. That left me several weeks behind where I should have been. I am hoping to be eating some greens out of there in 2 weeks.

We have seven more weeks of school. I know the teachers are all looking forward to the end as much as the students are. I suppose that when you are student you never really think about that aspect of school. Once school is over I will have about 4 weeks before I start my summer program at Vermont Tech. That program starts on July 15th. It will be 5 days/week for 4 weeks. It leads right up to the first day of school in August. Wait a minute some of you might be thinking. The last we heard you had decided to put off going to school this Fall. This is true. But after some deliberations we have decided to just bite the bullet and go for it. I am trying to get some student loans to cover my expenses. I don't think it will be a problem to get the loans. I am going to try to get some grants also. They are nice as you don't have to pay them back. This summer my school days will be 2 hours of math, then 2 hours of physics followed by 2 hours of language arts. So it will be 8-4:30 each day. Vermont Tech (aka VTC) is about 35 miles from our house. Most of the drive is down Rte 89 so it will be an easy commute. My major will be Civil Engineering. I need to buy a new laptop before I start as well as some fancy calculator for the math courses. I am looking at the Dell line. Right now they are having a 25% off sale until the end of May. I will more than likely get a Dell. The guy who is in charge of the CE program recommended I get a Dell and told me all the stuff I should make sure it has. I have no idea what Bluetooth is but it is on his list.

I have been toying with the idea of starting another blog. Actually Johnny and I have been discussing it as he feels I don't give him enough press on my Gardenboy blog. I did have to remind him that he really isn't a very accomplished typist. Not a problem he retorted I just want pictures. So I will keep you posted on the progress of that idea.

And I have been in hockey ever since I can remember....

The Only Thing I Don't Like About Hockey Is The Off Season

My journey to get to St. Louis was an effort. But of course worth every second of it. I had 3 hours lay-over time in Philly. I figured I would get to know the Philly airport better than Tom Hanks in Terminal. It all started so innocently in Burlington. I noticed as soon as I got out of the car that my plane was delayed by 15 minutes. Shouldn't be a problem I thought to myself. Oh how could I have been so wrong? The reason we had a delay was because the flight crew had arrived late the previous evening so they had to have their 8 hours off. No big problem. Our plane sat onthe runway in Burlington for almost 3 hours. Partofthe delay was the Philly airport was closed for a short while. Enough to mess up my easy travel day. My flight from Philly to St Louis was scheduled to be at 11:25. My plane landed at 10:55. I was in row 22 on a plane with 22 rows. I didn't get off the plane until 11:10. I ran from one end of the airport to the other. A long run in Philly. I was the last person on the plane. And then we took off. I was fairly certain that my suitcase was not running as fast as I was. And so it goes. My suitcase was delivered the next day. After that all I had was fun. We got to see 3 great hockey games. Each better than the one before. The seats we had this year were very good. We were in the front row of the balconey. Plus ESPN was doing interviews right behind us in-between periods. They asked us to sit down while they were on air. I would guess we were showing up in their camera shots. They wanted to have a clear shot of the ice behind them. Not our mugs.

I will write more later. There is just so much to remember.

More To Follow...

Right now I would encourage you to click on the link called Clark, The Goalie.

I will be back with my thoughts on the FF on Thursday.

St Louis

Hello....see you in St. Louis. Hope everyone's air travel is easy. See you at the baggage claim area. I believe my plane arrives in from Philly at 12:56. Then it will be time for some local brew pub action.