Not my most favorite but one of my favorite seasons of the year is about to start in less than 36 hours. I am not talking summer, spring, winter or fall – I have a favorite there, too. I am talking college football!

I, ever since attending West Virginia University in the early 80′s, have a been a college football fanatic! I love it! I would rather watch college football than high school football – though, as a good mother, I did attend every game my son played in at the varsity level. I would rather watch college football than professional football. I really think there is something wrong with the helmets professional football players wear – something happens to their reasoning abilities when they get to that level.

Anyway, in less than 36 hours, Syracuse will open the local college season with a home game against Washington. SU should lose but who knows for sure. WVU will play at SU, which is less than an hour away. I may get up there for that game. I may get to a University at Buffalo game this year too. Not sure of that. All I am positive of is that when the weather turns crappy – as it so often does in Binghamton, NY – I will have college football to watch on Saturday afternoons through November!

Okay, so you all may not be able to relate to this entry. If you have ever signed up for an account at an online dating/personals site, you will understand.

Remember back to when you first signed onto cupid.com? You wrote the profile and then clicked on all those little “traits” – height, build, eye color, college, work, etc – about yourself and about the one you are looking for. You also got to choose how important each trait is.

How many of you think you need meet every trait a person puts up there to send them an eye contact or a message?

These traits – and I only have one that is a deal breaker – are just guidelines. We all want that – or we think we may want – model perfect man or woman but we are also all intelligent enough to think that we aren’t going to find the “perfect” woman or man here.

I suppose you are wondering what is getting me going today. A day or two ago – maybe it was over the weekend, I got a message from a new guy. Wasn’t a screenname I had seen around so I did check out his profile before I read the message.

I finally open and read the message and it is a rant. I have never talked to this guy before, have no idea who he is. He is ranting and raving over the fact that I put down I am looking for a guy 5’10″ (which in my mind is not all that tall) to 6’5″. This does not mean I am not going to talk with someone shorter or someone taller.

So for those of you out there, do you just not answer these particular questions in a profile? Do you assume people will realize you are not totally shallow? Or do you go off the deep end when you see a profile of someone and you don’t fit that person’s criteria?

I have said it before, I am a science geek. My kids even call me a geek. They don’t seem to mind when I can help with homework, though.

I got up at 4:40 am today to have time to make coffee before the start of the lunar eclipse. Before starting the coffee, always the pragmatist, I went out to be sure I could see the moon. It was beautiful but quite close to a cloud. Not thinking that it is moon-setting time, I came in and made the coffee. Went back out at 5 am to see the start – as here on the east coast, totality is not until just before 6 am – and the moon was totally cloud covered.

I am checking every ten minutes or so to see if it has reappeared from under the clouds or if the trees are now, due to setting, going to block my view.

Who knows what I did but me? I, finally – after about eight weeks of saying I was going to, got my hair cut!

My hair has been fairly long for several years. When I would get it cut, I would basically get a trim. Who knows the thought process! Certainly, not me. Anyway, about two weeks ago, I went and got it cut. I even found someone locally who would razor cut my hair as that was what the style I picked out needed. The great news is it looks different depending on whether I dry it, don\’t dry it, straighten it (only did this once).

Now my hair is short! What happened right after I cut it? Well, we had some really, unseasonable cool weather for August. My son who always wears shorts actually put on jeans and curled up in the recliner with an afghan and a book – not normal summer activities for a 13 year old.

Oh well…too late! It is cut!!!

I am a science freak! I love a lot to do with different branches of science but my fav is earth science – which, of course, makes some of my kids laugh.

Anyway, anything a parent or teacher can do to make science more interesting is good – the Perseid meteor showers, a once in a lifetime comet viewing or the upcoming lunar eclipse.

This Tuesday, August 28th, in the morning east coast US time, there will be a lunar eclipse. How much is viewable where I am in upstate NY will be hard to say as it starts about 5 am and goes into totality at 5:30 approximate. For those of you not sure, these are Eastern Daylight Times which I believe is -5 GMT.

In the US, the eclipse will be best seen on the west coast.

Nothing like three blog entries in one day to say “you should be doing something useful.”

I was toying with an impromptu visit to my sister in NJ on Sunday. Then, I started thinking. Never a good idea. First, there is the youngest who would want to go see Aunt Beth. He is doing two 60plus mile bike rides this weekend with his father. Then, there is the 16 year old. Either he and his girlfriend are breaking up or he has learned something don’t deserver to be begged for. They haven’t seen each other in a couple of weeks. To the best of my knowledge, phone calls have been at a minimum also. He has already asked if he can go mini-golfing on Sunday evening. While I didn’t ask, I presume it is with the g/f so I can’t bail on that commitment. Third, my 20 year old daughter – I specify because I also have a 20 year old son – is coming home today. This would mean 250 miles in the car today and another 250 tomorrow or so. While she says it is fine as long as I drive, I don’t think she really means it.

Then, there is the once a year reason. The Perseid meteor showers are suppose to peak tomorrow night. I love sitting out in the back yard and pointing my chair towards the sky. Lei is bringing home her chaise lounge. It will be great fun! I can’t go to Jersey and enter the “can’t see the stars” zone as it is so populated.

Guess the trip will have to wait!