Hodgepodge
Graduation is tomorrow. The weather forecast includes chances of thunderstorms. How much risk is the administration willing to take? Because if they play it safe it’ll be indoors, which would be sad -- not to mention hot and sticky.
Caroline got sick Wednesday. She felt better this morning, so went on an outing, but just took her temperature and she has a fever. The next 48+ hours include two graduation rehearsals, a graduation party, graduation and Project Grad, an overnight alcohol-free party, and a work shift. Being sick just isn't in the plan.
The Burlington paper has been running little shorts on local valedictorians, including asking them what their speech is about. As I took my walk today, I realized that none of them are talking about Harry Potter, which would seem to me to be an appropriate topic. After all, Harry is (in theory) graduating from Hogwarts in this last book, and that quote of Dumbledore’s that “it is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities” seems spot on for a valedictory speech. Anyway, I wonder how many valedictorians in the world talked about Harry Potter this year.
I had a nice little story in the paper today.
And since I've talked about the yearbook in the past, I'll note that this year's is pretty disappointing. There were some real oddities -- like the seniors were not listed in alphabetical order, only a handful of senior superlatives were included, no picture of the class officers. Lots of things were left out, including the ad that I designed and paid for.
Caroline got sick Wednesday. She felt better this morning, so went on an outing, but just took her temperature and she has a fever. The next 48+ hours include two graduation rehearsals, a graduation party, graduation and Project Grad, an overnight alcohol-free party, and a work shift. Being sick just isn't in the plan.
The Burlington paper has been running little shorts on local valedictorians, including asking them what their speech is about. As I took my walk today, I realized that none of them are talking about Harry Potter, which would seem to me to be an appropriate topic. After all, Harry is (in theory) graduating from Hogwarts in this last book, and that quote of Dumbledore’s that “it is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities” seems spot on for a valedictory speech. Anyway, I wonder how many valedictorians in the world talked about Harry Potter this year.
I had a nice little story in the paper today.
And since I've talked about the yearbook in the past, I'll note that this year's is pretty disappointing. There were some real oddities -- like the seniors were not listed in alphabetical order, only a handful of senior superlatives were included, no picture of the class officers. Lots of things were left out, including the ad that I designed and paid for.