And so, it begins...

Dave heads into CMMC for surgery at 5:45 tomorrow morning. If you have some spare time during the day, send healing thoughts our way. Thank God that Dr. Candia is doing the surgery. He was the surgeon on call 6 years ago when Dave had his brain hemorrhage and we have complete trust and faith in that man and his skills. I'm more anxious than Dave is...he just wants to "git-r-done" in the immortal words of Larry the Cable Guy.

Good News/Bad News

Here's the good news:
Yesterday I got to meet my great-nephew for the first time. His name is Luke. Isn't he cute? He was a very good baby all day, especially when you take into consideration that he was surrounded by 9 people whom he did not know...and my family can be a bit...exuberant. But I got to see him and hold him and talk to him and it was a really nice day.

Bad news?
2009: The Year of Surgery continues. This time it's Dave. He needs surgery on a herniated disc in his neck. (A piece of good news in the bad news is the surgeon who did his brain surgery during and after his stroke will be doing this surgery!) So I will be out of school for about two weeks because Dave will need someone home with him as he recovers. Someone who can drive and get him things. And that would be me.

However, we are playing around with technology and I will be Skyping into my classes to conduct discussions and check in on my students. I have set up a Skype buddy in each class, and I will be projected on the big screen via the LCD projector. Pretty darn cool, huh? My kids and I are excited about it. Even my principal thinks it's a cool idea. We'll see how it works! I'm looking forward to the experiment, but not the cause.