Skiing my face off and other fun

Hey, haven't written anything in awhile. Things are good up here. I started my WWI unit and enjoying it. We did two days of stations and learned a little bit about the weapons of war and read some letters home. On Thursday and Friday we're going to explore propaganda and hopefully the kids'll create some of their own.

The house is good. Sarah is redoing the guest room, so to those of you who've visited and invariably, and justifiably, complained about the bed back there, come back and visit this spring, it should be improved. We're still planning to fence in the yard this spring and expand the vegetable garden some. The big news is that Sally might be pregnant! Sally is my friends Percheron, so our family may be expanding. It won't be soon, they gestate for 11 months, and then the foal would have to be weened and all, but maybe someday.

While Sarah was out gallivanting around Ohio I held down the fort here. And by held down the fort I mean I avoided doing anything and minimized my mess by spending all of my time skiing. I've really been enjoying learning the sport. I'm getting pretty comfortable and usually only fall a few times per visit. Like they say, practice makes perfect, and I've practiced so much that I can now fall in most places without hurting myself too bad. Today I skied from 8:20 until 3:20 and then went to swim practice.

As you probably know, the regular season is over now. We ended our season undefeated and took 1st at sectionals. 5 guys will have the chance to go to states for the 200 medley relay, the 500, the backstroke, the breast stroke, and the 200 IM. All in all, it was a really exciting season.

Lastly, to continue the tradition of posting youtube videos, here're a couple from a band called Carolina Chocolate Drops who you may have heard on All Things Considered today.

The End of the World is Nigh

Is anyone else aghast at the fact that this year's Super Bowl surpassed the finale of MASH as the most watched television event in history? Makes me want to cry.

Music and a book for my bro