Exciting Week (Part 2)

Every year the freshman class go to the Mill City Museum and the library as part of their field trip. The Mill City Museum is about 12 blocks from the high school. It is a basically a former milling plant. I learned that Minneapolis was once the “Flour Milling Capital of the World.” The museum not only explains the process of milling, but it also incorporates a lot of the history of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Milling plants caught water from a natural waterfall in the Mississippi River, and use it to turn turbines. After lunch, we went to the Minneapolis public library. While it was not as structured as the museum, it gave freshman a chance to learn the basics of research, where to find material, etc. It was interesting trying to heard a group of 13 freshmen around four levels of the library during their “scavenger hunt.” Big open place, with lots of shelves that you can’t see through, and not knowing any of their names all added to the experience.

Thursday was not as exciting; however, I did go to the high school’s soccer game to see some of my former students play. Since it was windy and temperature was only in the 40’s, I waited till about the 2nd half to get out there. I was still frozen like a popsicle when it was done.

Friday and Saturday were pretty relaxed. Since I only had limited funds (due to buying Twins tickets), I laid low.

Lately, I have also been doing some more book reading on the ins and outs of the stock market. Now that I’ve been waking up earlier (about 8:30ish) I have been watching even more CNBC. Whereas about two weeks ago I was watching 5 hours of CNBC, now I watch about 7 hours of CNBC (on days that I don’t substitute).

It looks like I may have some possible volunteer and (part time) stable work opportunities in the near future…I will keep you posted.

Tidbit by Thomas: Saturday, 10/10/09. First day of snow falling and sticking to the ground. It was enough to make a light dusting, but melted by midday.We went from summer to winter with only about a week of autumn.