Where Have All the Cornfields Gone?

Awww, our cornfield out behind the apartment is gone :-( It was so pretty. I guess that the ethanol has to come from somewhere though. This morning when I woke up it was raining, thundering, and lightninging (is that a word?), and I turned on the weather channel, and it said that there was 94% humidity outside! What is this--Mississippi? When Aly and I went out to get in the car this morning, the windows had a thick layer of moisture on them. It was a little cloudy today, but it felt really nice once the humidity went down a little in the afternoon. There is definitely a hint of fall in the air (which makes sense--considering that it is fall).

Yay!!!!!!!! Tomorrow Mom is coming to visit! I am soooooo excited and have been cleaning up the apartment this evening in anticipation of her arrival. We are going to have tons and tons of fun. Tomorrow night Dr. Reid is coming over for dinner so she can meet Mom, so I'll have to whip out something impressive as far as food goes. I'm thinking of making a sweet potato pie for dessert.

Today we had a guest speaker in our Administration class, and he just so happened to be the man I'm supposed to have help the Piatt County people with some exhibit planning. So that worked out nicely for me. Mrs. Miller, our teacher, made lunch for everyone afterwards, so I was able to chat with Mr. McKay (the guest speaker) over a roast beef sandwich. Mrs. Miller rocks at cooking!! At lunchtime I also went with Kristen to try to get her parking ticket taken care of. She got a parking ticket for parking at her own apartment, and they made her pay it!!! We were so mad. She got an appeal form, so hopefully she can get that resolved.

I loved my Material Culture class this afternoon. We talked about Windsor furniture--so I got to talk about my chair from the Arlington House, and we talked about French Rococo Revival-style furniture too--the kind of furniture they have at Melrose in Natchez! So that was fun. I learned a lot of things. We then had a meeting about Tilford Dudley, and then I came home and started cleaning. Alyson and I went grocery shopping, and now it's almost time for bed. "Bones" was really good last night--I'm glad it's time for the fall TV shows.