School daze

Couldn't resist with the cheezy title. Ruth and I are working our last school visit of the school year today. We've completed three sessions with Attwood Elementary, the grade school for all four of our kids, and now a Grades 4-5-6 building.

Sharon Pease, who was a new first grade teacher when I volunteered to do centers for Joey's class, now is the principal of the school. That was my first taste of school visits, and it gave me a keen appreciation for the teachers who thrived in that chaos five days a week.

I rest at home between the daytime and evening sessions, and we get to hang out with Emily, the senior in Everett High School who just played her last high school tennis match this morning. Emily has one week left of school, and she's getting excited about her prom tomorrow.

Me, I'm trying to stay abreast of the last-minute details of the EB Lewis one-day conference, "The Hook of the Book" on Saturday, May 16. Ruth seems to be taking over the final preparations, especially the scheduling of the illustrator portfolio reviews. EB said he wanted to do as many portfolio reviews as possible, that he didn't want any breaks between them, and that he wanted to give everyone 20 minutes. But, there are only so many free hours in that Saturday, so Ruth is trying to schedule willing artists on either Friday evening or Sunday morning.

Got to go answer an email with a phone call. At last, something for me to do.