Yep, I'll be at the museum almost all day, 12-5, attending an evaluation session of their programs run by an outside assessment firm. I'm really excited because a). I've never been able to afford an outside eval when I headed up ed departments so I'd like to see how they do it; b). it's such a change from my usual routine that I forgot and not once but twice scheduled other activities for the kids and me today!; c). I can learn new strategies and techniques for program creation and implementation; and d). because I'm new to the museum I am in no way personally responsible for the programs they are evaluating which makes today interesting but not anxiety-ridden.
So, Mama is coming home for a long lunch break until the babysitter can get here after school. I'm so fortunate that Mama supports my museum work, my intellectual and professional aspirations, and offered to do this for me. (Of course, we're very fortunate that her job allows her that flexibility.)
Despite not being responsible for the program evaluations, I am a little stressful. First, I don't have a professional thing to wear. It's all hidden away somewhere in the back of the basement or closet. And the shoes I'm supposed to wear before my orthotics are ready (being measured for those next week, finally)--my dirty white extremely supportive tennis shoes--don't and shouldn't go with anything. And it's been a long time since I've dealt with colleagues in education--I'm rusty on talking the talk. Which altogether means that today is an important way to ease me back into everything. More tomorrow . . .
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