We're home from the banquet. It was very nice. I was impressed. Our superintendent remembers me by name (this is a district with 53,000 students and over 5,000 teachers and administrators). He and I started together in the same school 30 years ago. He was a science teacher at the time, and about two years in he got his first assistant principal position. At one point he was my son's basketball coach (at about age 7), but otherwise we haven't had much contact. He was the principal at my son's high school but I don't remember interacting with him. But tonight he walked by our table, stopped and gave me a hug and recalled all of that. When I received my award, he gave me a hug and said we need to hang out more. He's an awesome educator and superintendent, and he is spearheading a movement against standardized testing in Texas right now. Brave man!

My English department chair was named Teacher of the Year for our district. Very much deserved. She's a dedicated, sincere, caring soul. Very proud of her.

I saw many people I hadn't run into in a while. We're all getting old. LOL.