Summer Kick-off

Even though it isn't officially Summer yet, Good Ol' Days is Fort Scott's Summer opener, as I've blogged about before.  You wouldn't know it isn't Summer yet, it has all the earmarks: it's always hotter than blazes, all the usual bugs are out (and I don't mean just the winged or multi-leg variety), and folks lose all sense when it comes to attire. 400 lb specimen wearing lime green spandex shorts, yellow tank top with arm holes so big why bother, black bra plainly visible, and zebra pattern flip-flops with rhinestones on the straps - yup. It's Summer, alright! 

I made a decision that I was not going this year, even though Dock Dogs was coming back (I love watching those dogs jump into the water!). My husband had to work this year and I just did not feel like walking around in the heat with all of those sweaty bodies while my boys dragged me around looking for slingshots and marshmallow shooters that they aren't going to get no matter how much they beg....and beg...and...yeah, you get it.

I've been seeing just a few lightning bugs for a couple of weeks now, and this last week I heard the first locusts of the season. We had some really hot weather in the early weeks of May and if that is any indication, we will have an atomic summer! We had a pretty mild winter with only one snowfall of a little over 2 inches which immediately melted off by later the same day. That means the bugs will be bad :( Heck they are already bad! The fleas are terrible and the usual stuff from the vet isn't working past the first couple of days.

Wow, I didn't realize it's been a month since I updated!  I finished up with a class on writing for multimedia which was intensive and I had to create a mock-up of a mobile application and then went into College Math 1 (Algebra), which is where I'm at now. It's going a lot better than my Elementary Algebra class went. That instructor was horrible! I've got a much better instructor this time, but it's still a struggle and having a bad teacher set me back a bit. My next class is Screen Design - don't know anything about it, but it sounds interesting! In my Typography class I got to do a movie title sequence storyboard which was really cool. We had to pick a movie from the 1970's we hadn't seen and design a title sequence. We had to indicate movement or atmosphere, etc., using only typography and whatever Photoshop effects we were capable of creating. It was a real challenge, but it was really fun, and of course everything we create goes into our portfolio, so it needs to look good. I picked House of Dark Shadows, which I had never seen. The only Dark Shadows I remember seeing was the TV series remake with Ben Cross & Joanna Going - 80's or maybe early 90's - but this was with the original soap opera cast. It came out pretty good and I got full points for it, so it will make a nice addition to my portfolio. Totally funny too that about a month later the word came out that Johnny Depp was starring in a remake of the movie. I want to see it, of course being a huge Johnny Depp fan, but I usually wait until they come out on DVD. Movies are so expensive anymore that unless it is something truly special, we wait.


I'm still having fun with Instagram; I find myself seeing everything from the viewpoint of "that would make a great photo!" and since I always have my phone with me, I can usually get that great pic. So, with that in mind, I will leave you with a shot of my lunch  :) By the way if you're ever in Fort Scott, you should definitely stop by the Nu Grille to eat!