Autumn Has Arrived

Yes, it is true, it is official, Autumn is here. I have waited so very long for it, anticipated it, and now it is here. The other day, I knew it was comming, I just knew it. The air was crisp, the evenings were beginning to become cool, having the windows open was great. The only draw back to that, is that good sleeping weather brings the oil man. We had the oil company drop 100 gallons a couple of weeks ago. We just cannot afford for the company to fill the tank to the very top. Usually we lock in to a price with our oil company,well, not now, we are waiting. If we had done that, we would be stuck up around 4.79 a gallon! You see the comfort of having a lock in price is that you know how much you are paying a gallon, the drawback with our company is that if the price (market) goes below your lock in, you are stuck with your lock in price. That is the gimmick, stuck. SO now, we pay 10 cents below the going rate when we order the oil,or when the auto delivery kicks in. We wait, it makes more economic sense right now. This weekend was a busy one, Patrick and Danny attended the Varsity game on Friday night, under the lights. They enjoyed themselves immensely. Danny met up with a couple of his friends from football on the Junior High level. Patrick, of course met up with his friends on teh team. Their coach instructed them to wear their Jerseys, and stay in a group, be on better than their best behavior, and they would be fine, if not, there would be hell to pay. Patrick goes to the games to watch the games, to study the plays made by the varsity players, he wants to learn so that next year he does well. He really enjoys the game of football. Danny saw an opportunity to go and have fun with his friends while watching the game. I trust both boys, so it wasn't a stretch to let them go.

Saturday dawned, literally, and Scott went to the Apprenticeship training facility for his union, he volunteers there on some Saturdays, as well as works there opening and closing the facility on evenings when classes are being held. He enjoys giving back, teaching on the practical days, helping others learn to work in his trade. Patrick had a football game, away, so he had to be at the school by 715, yes folks, am! Danny had a practice beginning at 8am. NUTS! Then in the evening we had the instructors dinner for the union. It is an annual event that Scott's local throws for the instructors at the training facility. They have a cocktail party with a Dj and such. It is a very nice evening. We get to mix and mingle with people that we rarely see on a regular basis, we see folks that are older and still instructing, and folks like my husband who are just the young face of the union and involved. We get to talk to the "big wigs" in a more relaxed environment. Scott's mom and Dad go to this too. His dad, although retired, still goes "out to the school" on Saturdays and on certain days during the week. In the summer, he is there every day helping out with the students' required week. (as part of their education there, they must do a solid week of practical training, in the summer. this is a requirement to complete their courses. Or it may be more than a week, that I am not sure of) Sunday came, and we had to hit Costco, and also go to a double header for Daniel. By the time things settled down,it was 9 pm. Now, I write, the boys are rising, getting ready to go off to school. Cassidy will be getting out of bed soon, well not soon, but within the next couple of hours, and the day gets off to a start. Back to school night tomorrow for the high school, back to school night thursday for elementary school, and back to school for middle school next week. This week will go on and move very quickly. Next weekend is chock full again. That is all for now.