I just got back from my trip to Boston with Donna - it was the first time both of us had been away from our daughters overnight. Donna's parents stayed at our house while we were away to take care of them. Everyone did just great! The grandparents appeared to weather the experience just fine, and the girls were happy and playful. Even Donna and I did pretty well, although we were ready to get home after being away for 4 nights.
The "work" part of my trip went well. I assisted Donna with a presentation about using blogs as a tool for teacher reflection. She did the part about how a blog helped her with this, and I covered the technical aspects of getting a blog up and running. I think it went well, and I hope the participants who appeared to show a genuine interest in it follow through and get as much out of having a blog as Donna has.
There was good news in three other interests of mine during the trip
- Space: The Huygens probe successfully landed on Titan
- Macs: Apple introduced a bunch of new and intriguing products, including the Mac Mini, Pages, and upgrades to iLife
- Eagles: The Eagles won their playoff game handily, without needing to resort to any 4th and 26 miracles like they did last year