Beef - It's What's For Lunch!

People may think I'm crazy, but I enjoy watching “Judge Judy”. Some days, I think I'd like to be Judge Judy when I grow up! I love the way she cuts to the chase and says what she thinks. She's one of a kind! I'd love to be able to be like that.

We took my Mom out to lunch today for her birthday (tomorrow). She loves the beef burgers at the local fast-food place......actually, so do I. We had a fun lunch with her, and tomorrow she'll go to the Senior Center for their fried chicken lunch and September birthday celebration. What fun that it'll actually be on her birthday!

Family stories are so much fun.......usually! Mom's older brothers are both well. Her oldest brother still remembers and loves to tell the story about the day Mom was born. He has an amazing memory and forgets very little. Hopefully I can be like that when I'm 88.......but somehow, at the rate I'm going, I doubt it!

I'm very lucky with the genes I got from Mom's family. Everyone seems to have amazing memories and good health. When my grandmother passed away in 1993, she was still physically in pretty good shape. She did have Alzheimer's, and that had taken a toll. But she was still pretty spry.

As I said, my uncle has an amazing memory. It amazes me every time I hear all the stories he has. You name a subject or a person, he'll likely have a story. My mom is a pretty good match for him, though she isn't always sure she is. His son and I seem to have inherited that same “memory gene”. Occasionally, we “cheat” by instant messaging one another on Facebook before we post something, to make sure we're right! But don't tell, that's our secret!

Other than taking Mom out for lunch, I actually had a pretty quiet day. And it was nice. I changed the sheets this morning and did two loads of laundry. We walked at the park this morning and at the indoor track this afternoon. That was about it.

I'm in the final throes of my online class. And I think I'm ready for it to be done. I probably won't look for another class until after the holidays. I need to finish typing up some class notes for the final two weeks of lectures, then just review. The final will be available online next Friday, the 27^th. I'll have four days to work on it before I have to turn it in – but it cannot be “open book”. Drat! I was really hoping I didn't have to remember all that psychology terminology and all those experiments! Oh, well.

Right now I'm sitting at a 91% for my classwork score. The biggest assignment is still to be graded, then the final is worth 50 points. I'm hoping to stay above 90%. But I may not.....I don't think I have enough of a “pad” going into the final two things. The fourth week assignment came back with 100% score, so I was happy with that. I was amazed at the score – and the comments basically said that the people assessing my assignment didn't agree with me, but they felt I made a compelling argument.

That assignment, by the way, was taking and assessing an online survey that ended up being about animal cruelty, including how animals are slaughtered for meat. You don't get into that subject with a farm girl! I'm not going to give in to the thought that if I'm an animal lover, I should turn into a vegetarian or a vegan!

By the way, I really enjoyed my beefburger today!!