Close call

Finally home from the last conference for awhile. I don't have anymore traveling to do until Christmas when I leave for Italy (future post with more information coming soon - I promise).

Student conferences are always fun and I did have that silly "what the hell are you thinking" moment when I thought about not leaving Evansville - don't worry, it was brief. It is hard though when you get a group of students at the conference who get all kinds of ideas and plan to change the world - you want to be a part of it - you want to help them - you want to support them and see their dreams become actions. So for a moment, I thought...what if I stayed and helped them...but the moment was brief. I am still excited for my students and I will help them lay the ground work but I really am of no use to anyone if I stay here another year.

If you thought the idea of staying here was scary, I can top it. As I was driving to the conference banquet, I passed a car that was making a left hand turn. It was a two lane county road that opened up with a passing lane when there was a left turn possibility. I passed the car on the right but county roads are quite dark. The car behind me didn't notice the car making the left hand turn and rammed into it full speed. Everyone was okay but the sound was horrendous and my nerves were shot for awhile.