Iowa wrestling

Been quite a row recently about the contract with Jim Zaleski not being renewed. Looks like Tom Brands will be offered the job and that Lee Fullhart is in the rumor mill about being an assistant of some sort. Jim's teams have been tailing off in results the past few years. He's won 3 national titles and gotten second twice but the past years have been brutal for him with finishing 6th in the Big Ten this year. Hard to fire a coach like him but they're pretty excited about trying for Brands.

Been seeing lots of squirrels around my feeders recently. I talked with Elena about getting a gun but she shot that idea down. I was thinking about getting a slingshot but I wouldn't want to hit the feeders if I missed.

Olivia has been really getting into Warren Zevon recently. She asks for "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and likes to howl along with "Werewolves of London." Elena disapproves of these choices but Olivia has a great time with all his grunts and "Aaahooo's."

We went on a walk around the trail today. Zach held our fingers and walked a good 50 feet before he tired out of that. We laid in the grass but he didn't like that as much because the grass was hurting his tender fingers. Olivia and I built a little fire while Zach took a nap.