Tonight, Divya participated in a musical production at school. The accompanying pictures (placed in an order known only to the programmer of this blog site) are of Divya and her second grade pals. The theme was a history of US transportation from canoe to jets. Patriotic songs like "Grand Ole Flag" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy" were accompanied by "Ol' John Henry" and "Proud Mary." It was very cute. Divya had an individual speaking part. She was VERY nervous, but pulled off extremely well. Of course we had to celebrate with McDonalds sundaes.

One more entry from my San Diego trip. I took a self guided tour of the aircraft carrier USS Midway. Quite an impressive ship even though it was commissioned in 1946. It served about 50 years before becoming a floating museum first in Japan, and now in San Diego. The USS Reagan (Ronald Reagan?) was also in port. Wish I could have seen that one. Considerably larger than the Midway, and nuclear powered. It will refuel once on its 25th birthday, be reoutfitted, and will serve another 25 years without refueling before it also is decommissioned. Amazing. Here are a few pictures of some display aircraft on board, a picture of the tower (or island), and of the large deck. Not in order (I haven't figured out how to sequence pictures and text on this blog) is of me at the helm of the USS Surprise. It is the masted ship that was used to make the movie "Master and Commander." Also in the floating museum area was a masted steam ship and a cold war era Soviet sub - I'm very glad I never had to work on a sub... Hey, Dad, wish I could have walked through the naval ships with you. I imagined you being there telling lots of stories and giving me lots of insider perspective.

Here are a few pictures of Hotel Coronado on the ocean side of San Diego. The 50's movie "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe was filmed here. It is a marvelous wooden structure. A few of my team and I took a water taxi across the bay to explore this legendary hotel. Of course, it is supposed to be haunted by a former guest who mysteriously disappeared...

I spent the last several days in San Diego in training regarding the learning characteristics of and teaching strategies for children in poverty. My hotel was within a 10 minute walk of the wharf. I spent most of my free time walking up and down the wharf. It was very interesting. Here are a few pictures. More to get posted soon...

I am not usually one to find a deal on anything. Buy high and sell low is my investment strategy - that's why I'm still working for a living. In this case we did find a good deal - almost 70% off on these VERY COOL pieces. Matt, I know you're jealous...