"Any Jackass can Kick Down a Barn But it Takes a Good Carpenter to Build One"- LBJ

And just like that, 30 years of diversity policy was voted out in my school district. Not surprisingly the vote was a formality, along with formally voting out our superintendent. The next year (s) will prove interesting along with the state of magnets, year round, over crowding, reverting back to high poverty, isolated schools as a real possibility, where to send Ben and his brother, do we move, do I return to teaching, and if so where? A big student protest was heavily covered last night, and within a about a min I told Bill that I am proud of what looked like my old magnet students leading the charge even at the 11th hour in the face of certain disappointment. Hey we got healthcare so the weeks not all bad!

In the last 24 hours lots of positives including getting to see my friend and her new baby yesterday. They both look great and I just happened to be there when she was getting to hold her and feed so I was able to snap some photos for her family who were resting at home. Not having ever been in the NICU it definitely hit home how scary this would be to see my baby or had Ben not recovered so quickly from a rough birth and low Apgar score. Sending them lots of good thoughts that Julia will continue to feed and put on weight so they can all be home quickly.

The negative of the last 24 hours is that my mom has fallen again and was taken by ambulance overnight to our local hospital. This time she hit her head and shoulder so they are checking it out with a CT scan this morning to make sure she hasn't fractured anything. In addition it appears she became confused and took a double dose of insulin when she went to bed as her blood sugar had dropped to 20 when EMS arrived at the house. At this point I am waiting out news of tests and of course with a meeting to run over lunch to decide on these close to 100 NHS applications and another one after school with the sub. Jumping into the car (jumping is not happening anyway)is not going to happen as going into labor on I-85 is not part of the birth plan and seriously as callous as this sounds, add it to the list.

Good thoughts for the day, getting to the end of the week, passing off these classes with confidence, finishing off all the responsibilities with some closure that I am not leaving a mess for someone else, and excitedly cheering Bill on at his first 5k this Sat!!!!!