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Tomorrow is the 'big back to school day' around here. Today we have an open house for the kids to meet the teachers, and the parents to do a little PTA business. That is my gig today. But it is a small part and I am happy to do it.

The Girl had her last semi-private lessons with Coach-Formerly-Known-as-Pool-Boy this morning. He is a great guy --headed back to the university next week. He told the kids he was planning on stopping down to help the high school team a bit during their season so he'd be checking back on them to see how they apply his teaching.

It was also my last morning of water aerobics. That bums me out big time. The have one more class tomorrow, as the teenage lifeguards don't start school at the HS until Thursday, but I am not sure how I'll make it tomorrow and still get these two off in time. Oh the sacrifices moms make for their kids, right?

And speaking of moms and their sacrifices, today is my mom's birthday. I wish I was there to tell her in person how much I love and admire her. I refer back to the way she does things when ever I have a question in my own life--domestically, academically, or spiritually. She is a model mother--not perfect, as she will remind me--but I certainly couldn't have asked for a better one. She is voice in my head when I need a good reminder of what I should be doing. Her encouragement is the best reward I could hope for. I would want her to be proud of me, no matter what. And as I have gotten older--especially since the kids were born--I have realized just how much she loves me and all the effort she made in my behalf as I grew up, simply clueless of her valuable time. Even 900 miles away, when I talk to her on the phone, I imagine just sitting at the kitchen table with a diet coke together; we can chat like there is no distance between us. Mom, I love you and hope you have a wonderful day today.

Happy Tuesday, to all my friends!