Day 745: Booked for Scotland!

I forgot to mention yesterday's exciting accomplishment: booking our trip to Scotland!  We depart for Glasgow on May 24 and return on May 30.  Mary will be flying with us and then Lisa will meet us there.  We were hoping that all the boys would be able to join the party, but it's highly unlikely now.  I visited Scotland with Amy and six students back in the summer of 1999 as part of an EF tour.  Mary and her mom did their own tour many years ago.  It will be Steve's first trip to the land of his ancestors.  We will do some genealogy research, see the sights of Edinburgh and tour the highlands.

Today was nearly consumed by backpacking.  We had the last Fredonia parent meeting tonight finally after three postponements.  A total of 67 Fredonia parents attended the four meetings.  If we pick up five from Brocton and another five to ten from Silver Creek, we could have a very large expedition.  There are 29 great student leader applicants, but we will have to put all the freshmen on a stand by list.  There just won't be enough space to take all of them.

My goal for the classes chapter was to cut 300 words and I did that in the first eight classes.  Penelope ladies thought the outline format was effective and that I should cut more of the narrative in the cook classes.  I may be able to cut another 200 in that lesson alone.   I'd like to finish tomorrow, but we will be with Mary for her cataract surgery.

Paddy is approaching his 11th birthday.  His coloring was so unusual as a kitten, but he gradually lost the silver coat as he grew and grew.