Wish me luck … tomorrow night I have to give two speeches at our
district board meeting … one an introduction for my student who is
one of our Students of the Year and the other an acceptance speech for
Teacher of the Year.



Yep, I am my school’s Teacher
of the Year, but before you get all excited there are a couple of
things you should know.  First, it is not that hard to be Teacher
of the Year at my school since we only have 15 teachers; everyone gets
a turn sooner or later.  Second, I was the only one left on the
ballot since unbeknownst to me, the other nominees withdrew because
they didn’t want to have to give a speech. 



My mom is all excited anyway,
so my parents are going.  And Toshi will be there too, grumbling
because he has to wear a tie.  



I’m
off to bed … gotta get up early to do battle with my hair. 
Can’t give a speech in front of tons of people with schoolmarm
hair.