The best part of this job. . .

meeting all these new students! The hallway outside my office near Student Services is always "flowing" with people. It is exciting to see so many people becoming MCC students!

windy day

Looks like the wind is picking up today, but it was great out yeterday---in Kingman! Worked the MCC booth at the Mohave County Fair and met so many neat people...and talked, and talked, and talked! It is terrific to see so many people take an interest in their community (county)! Hope you got to visit and had a great time like we did.

Well, it is Friday

Finally here, but looking forward to visiting with fair goers this Sunday at the Mohave County Fair! The staff at the Southern Campuses divided the time at the MCC booth and Lake Havasu will be there Sunday to say hello. This is always a fun event for us.

Also, I am hoping that the weather starts to cool soon. I don't know about you, but I am ready for some cool days...now I don't need cold, but cool days would be nice. I know my dog would like some longer walks!

Isn't it Friday yet

A long and busy week and I thought all day that is was Friday! Working with the DES people on the ARRA program has been great. Meeting so many new people!

So I am looking forward to my second Friday this week and meeting more of the ARRA people and then I am going to veg out all day Saturday and do some reading.

Labor Day weekend

I hope everyone had a great weekend this Labor Day. Of course, I think most people still work to help accommodate all of us that are running madly around enjoying what is usually the last big weekend of summer.

I remember (the Dark Ages) when school didn't even begin until after Labor Day! For the most part I think I slept most of the weekend away..ZZZZZZZ!

And, I know I broke my Pet Peeve Pledge as I yelled at a lot of trucks pulling boats trying to get to the water. Have these people never heard of turning lights?

The thing that is really strange though is all those shoes that seem to be in the middle of the road. I wonder how many people went home with just one shoe this weekend?

Pet Peeves Pledge

I was just reading about Pet Peeves (in a book about Zen--Complete Idiot's Guide to...) and I thought this was so "right" and wanted to share it with you.

How many times a day do we worry about things we have absolutely no control over---people chewing with their mouth open, rotten drivers---I go nuts when someone turns right on my left light---when someone is disrespectful or a dismissive boss?

The book says why waste the energy being irritated by things we can't control and I thought especially those that are instant, but we take them into the rest of the day so not only control us, but how we act to our family, friends, co-workers, students, etc.

So for September I am taking a Pet Peeve Pledge to dismiss this irritations and take back this control of my life. I am looking forward to all those minutes and hours that I waste being given back to me.

clouds in the sky

Waited half the night for the thunder storms and they didn't happen, but it is so nice outside this morning with the cloud cover---and it is so much cooler. Got to check the LHC weather for today to see if we are going to get some of storm from the Baja.

I am really looking forward to the cooler weather this year! Enough heat already.