The Buzz

A bunch of things:

Today marks my first month in probably over 15 years without caffeine. It felt like 100 years at times, but I've hit the first mile marker in my quest for 12 months. God deserves the credit.

Kristin has been doing a chore chart with Danny where he earns rewards if he does everything. Today, I was driving with Danny back from the Kittery Trading Post to deliver tools back to my father-in-law. Danny said to me as he was falling asleep "Dad, I don't care about rewards- I just want to spend time with you." I told him to wait 10 years and see what he thinks then. Before all of you women get weepy eyed, keep in mind I just bought the kid Skittles and Gatordade at 7:30 at night.

Today I rolled out a bunch of things to students at Pelham High School. Email accounts, remote access to files and applications, a website for them to check their own grades and attendance, and an Inbox/Outbox system for moving files between students and teachers. I didn't think much about it until I was done, but it was a big day for me professionally. I worked for the past 19 months in Pelham to get to the point I was at today. They are world class things that those students get to use- the only District in the State with all of those services to my knowledge. I feel proud. It took about $350,000 and a lot of nights where I worked past midnight (I remember getting home at 4:19 AM one morning), but it was worth it.