Of course Sam, being a Heyer and a Freeze, insisted on giving it a name, Bambi, and finding it a "pretty" pot, hence the fish bowl you see above.
Such the humanitarian...guess that explains all the rescue cats we've had over the years. And rescue turtles, frogs...
Since they're really only here for the fourth quarter, they were put in the classes they had in Tennessee with one small exception. Chris was moved up to Advanced Geometry. This was great news since the school he wants to attend to study game programming/design wants pre-calculus for admission. Taking Advanced Geometry followed by Honors Algebra II/Trig then Pre-Calc is pretty much the only way to get it without summer school.
Tennessee offered little flexibility when it came to moving to the honors/AP track of classes, so I'm grateful this school opens some doors for the kids to stretch themselves.
Sam chose a PE class that would let her finish her two years of health and PE in one year. This happened because their awesome counselor gave her PE credit for colorguard. Anyway, guess what kind of PE class it is? Weight Training! It'll be great for keeping guard muscles strong and for meeting guys as she learned yesterday.
On to the pictures... Let's see, there's a picture of the front of the main building, one of the two-story round lunch commons that opens up to a big grassy hill which the kids can hang out on when it's not raining (Sam did this yesterday),one of the covered bridge over a stream leading to East Campus (yep, I told you there were a lot of buildings), and the snowy one is their performing arts center/arts classrooms. The pictures came from their web site, but we wanted to share just how big the place is. 2,200 students enrolled.
Anyway, time to get everyone ready to do it all over again...
On March 18, Wayne flew back to Memphis, where he picked up a 26 foot truck. He and Chris spent the next few days clearing out the germantown house and getting ready for their 2500 mile cross-country drive.The first day, they pushed through to Sioux Falls where my parents were kind enough to meet them in the middle of the night to take our four cats. Blizzards extended the boys' stay in Sioux Falls, but they were so wiped out from all their hard work, they just slept their extra day in town.
From there, Wayne, Chris and Chee'nurger continued their journey. Plenty of snowy roads and closed interstates slowed their progress, but they finally made it to beautiful, and rainy, Washington.
As always, Chee was a great traveler. He held up better than his human companions!
All four kitties have been treated to the good life at the "Heyer Regency", complete with window bench for watching birdies, deer, and Turkey Ridge. Everyone seems to be doing very well there, and all of them have really grown to love Goosey.
