The children are home today because of a “major” power outage in the Houghton Lake area. Power is supposed to be restored around 10 a.m. This messes with my plans for the day, which is to get the rest of my student papers graded. I also need to prepare syllabi for next week and get my online course ready to go too.

I hadn’t planned on it, but I already know that I will be spending a large portion of my time today answering the question, “Can we get on the computers?” I’ve already fielded this question about 10 times, and it isn’t even 9:30 a.m. yet. You would think they would figure out the answer by now. The answer is “no.”

This is Kirtland’s last week, and I start working for Davenport next week. I was looking at my summer schedule, and I realized I wasn’t going to have much of a summer break this summer.

The good news is that yesterday was the first day of May, which means it is the Momwriters’ anniversary celebration. It is a big one — 10 years. I’ve been a member since 1999. I have heard from my secret friend, and I’ve heard from the person who I am her secret friend.

And now I need to get to work. Later.