Back To School

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I know that guy.

Update: K and M Edition
It's September, so that means it's back to school for the boys.

K is in seventh grade, taking eighth-grade algebra, playing violin in the orchestra, taking piano lessons, and going to try out for the soccer team. He's continuing his tennis lessons and will play some matches this fall. I guess you could say he has a few things on his plate. When I think about it all, I have to go take a nap.

M is starting ninth grade with a bang - on his second day of school, he trekked to a park near Pioneer with a lot of other students (most of whom he didn't know) for the first Ultimate Frisbee team practice. They had their first game this morning, and Mark scored a, um, well, actually, I don't know what it is called when you score in Ultimate Frisbee? Touchdown? Ultimatum? I'll have to go look that up.

After enduring what sounded like a very tough week at band camp at Interlochen last month, M is playing sax in the Varsity band. He's still taking piano lessons, and has to rest his eyes often from marathon girl-watching. Don't tell him I said that.


Not me, but I have the same racket! (It's Andy Murray)

Update on Me
As you can see from the picture at the top of this post, I am presenting a class at an upcoming conference in Ann Arbor. The conference is sponsored by my company, and I am on the committee to organize it, invite speakers, make sure the conference site is set up correctly, and so on. It's been a lot of work, but fun to go through the process.

I finished the tennis class I was taking, and am on a waiting list for taking another in the fall (I waited too long to sign up - some of the classes are really popular). I got a lot better during the class, and also bought a new tennis racket. The racket I bought is one that some pros use, and it was a bitter disappointment when I discovered that merely using it did not make me play like a pro.