New Year, New Post

Things have been busy since the last time I posted. We've had a lot of time off of late with the November intercession break and winter vacation. So far this new year has had some interesting things going on.

Two of my students got to go to Washington, DC for the inauguration. They won an essay contest of some kind and I think they'll be back today. They promised lots of pictures and full updates for the class. Most students watched the inauguration live in Keeler Hall. Reports from other teachers say that most of the kids were really into it. Apparently when someone at the inauguration asked the crowd to stand, most of the kids stood as well. Amazing.

I unfortunately missed all of that. I was listening to the speech on a car radio while driving in a funeral procession. Sharon's uncle passed away and we were in New Jersey for that. My kids keep coming in today demanding to know why I wasn't in school yesterday. I'm trying to be understanding but its getting on my nerves a little. I had promised them we would order pizza and make a party out of it. Oh well, they can learn to live with small disappointments. They're also mad because I left a ton of work for them.

In the last several weeks I have been thinking about my own time in high school. Later this year is my 20 year reunion. I have been reconnecting, mostly through Facebook, with many of my classmates. Some people I haven't spoken to since we left Morse HS. Its kind of cool to see where everyone is 20 years later. Its also nice to reconnect with long lost friends.

Anyway, new year and hopefully a new effort to keep this up. We'll see how that works out.