What a great way to start off the week on this early October, Monday morning. The air is cool and the sky is clear, John has gotten up at his normal time of five am to go milk the cow, feed the chickens and do other tasks around the farm that most city folks would turn their nose up at. It's not that it's dangerous work, just a city boy wouldn't know how to do it with his office boy skills. Before dawn he has already done a full day's work and then he starts putting in overtime to sharpen all of his tools, mend the wagon, and walk the horses so they won't get jumpy from not being ridden. At 6:30 his wife, Ally rings the bell calling John into a breakfast of country biscuits and gravy to satisfy his hunger. Along with the biscuits and gravy, Ally serves John a big steaming cup of coffee. However, before the biscuits can be eaten and the coffee cools little James comes running down the stairs yelling, "Mamma, Mamma, Mamma, can I go over to the barn and swing on the rope?" Much to his dismay Ally says, "Now James you know you have to eat your breakfast first, but then you can go play." James then makes it his immediate goal to try to scarf down his food as quickly as possible, as young boys are prone to do. Then with food still in his mouth he asks again, "Mrmma cern Ih ger swring nrow?" "Yes you may," responds Ally in a very motherly way, "but be careful." With out any hesitation James bolts out the door to try out the swing that his father had built him the day before for his birthday. While swinging James notices that the back door of the barn is open and goes to investigate. Once he reaches the back door he realizes that all of the pigs have escaped. He then begins calling his dad and running towards the house. John who is still eating breakfast hears the commotion that James is making and goes outside to see what the problem is. After he is finally able to calm James down, John asks, "Son, what is the problem?" James, who by now is almost in tears tells his dad, "Dad, all of the pigs have escaped, and now we won't be able to go to the fair and win the award for the prize pig." John tries to reassure his son and convince him that everything will be all right, and that they would find the pigs before the fair.

I messed up. I turned my compare and contrast research paper over the economic policies of Keynes and Hayek, and I had switched the names of the two economic theorists. Oh No! This couldn't be good. I was going to fail my research paper, but somehow Doc. gave me a second chance. A chance to do it over. After I turned it in a second time I got a 95 heck yeah, but then I got 5 points deducted for having to turn it in a second time. So what, it sure beats a 0. Not only did I make a 90 on my Economics paper, but I also made a 93 on my BC calculus test. I am amazed.