Winter rolls on. It has been a very weird winter for weather. Huge swings from really cold, to lots of snow and then warm weather and lots of snow melting!
Jacob has hit the ski slopes 6 times already. I asked him if he had hit the jump yet that he broke his femur on and he said no. It is much bigger this year and he figured he would wait until after basketball season is over, so he doesn't risk anything. Smart move J!!!
The last four games the freshman have struggled on the basketball court. Losing a few games but just one or two points. They started the season with 10 players. One almost immediately got sidelined due to a surgery, making it 9. A freshman who had moved away but came back then made it 10. Two are now out due to failing grades and one broke their foot last week, so they are down to 7 players. Means a lot more playing time for everyone, but also really stretches them on the court with not as much rest time.
We are down to the last semester of Ben's high school career. Still no definite plans, but when asked, his answer is probably the work force. He really would love to do some international traveling, but with everything so up in the air, I told him he is better off hunkering down and working and saving money. One of his restaurant jobs is starting to see quite a bit of upheaval with management and control plays. It has been a great learning lesson for him to see how a well run establishment looks versus one without strong leadership/communication. Will be interesting to see how things unfold as higher up corporate people are getting involved. I have told him to take the high road and keep his nose clean.
My Turo cars are really picking up. Sure wish we had had some cash laying around to buy a car and get in on the rental car activity. As the cars have been listed, it is interesting to see how you make slight changes in prices/accessories and all of a sudden the cars are rented out for weeks. Our airport in 2021 saw almost 2 million passengers!!! Considering we only have just over a million in the whole state, that is a lot of travelers. They had to scramble at Christmas time and find/create over 500 parking spaces in outlying fields. Just nuts around here!!
I have a friend heading out of town for several months and I am going to keep an eye on her place. Thinking I will take some of my projects to her place so I can leave them out and pop in and out to work on them. A quiet place to retreat will be nice. Also looking at a weekend away later in February with a friend, staying in state. Then late April traveling eastward and meeting a few other friends for a ladies retreat.
JR is looking at several trips this spring and summer. We of course will party with Ben's graduation early June! Jacob will have several football camps this summer, as well as working and Joseph, really need to get him plugged in to something!!!
