Saturday, May 23, 2009

Travel, Teaching, & Liquid Sunshine

I took a picture of mom after her knee replacement surgery, after she came to Brookcrest for rehab. She looked good and the reports this week are that she's making good progress. My 5th graders made get well cards and they came in the mail on Saturday before I went back to Florida. Mom enjoyed the messages! Spent the week in Michigan with brother Tim & Pat. It was good to get caught up with them again, and be there for mom.
This week has been full -- 20 parent / teacher conferences nested within the busyness of the last full week of school. I ended the week with a sore throat and a cold. Good thing we have a long week-end; my voice is in the basement.
And then there was / is the low pressure system (non-tropical) that stayed like Fay last year. This time pretty much everyone in Central Florida got soaked. Daytona and Flagler County had over 24 inches of rain, and it's not done yet. We have had over 16 inches of rain and we expect a wet Saturday. I already got soaked running from Home Depot to the car this morning. No riding today...maybe Gayle and I can go for a breakfast run Monday morning.





















No ducks yet, but beaucoup frogs! Finally the brush fires are out and things are greening up again.