Mom's Retirement

Several weeks ago Cora and I took a short trip back to Jamestown, NY for my mom's retirement party. After a lifetime dedicated to teaching, Mom decided it was time to live a life of luxury and learn how to golf keep teaching.  Even though she has retired from public school teaching, she is still teaching on the college level at her local community college.  So it's semi-retirement, I guess.

Anyway, Jenny and I were both able to go and be there for Mom's retirement dinner, which was thrown by her school.  It was a really nice night.  My mom was is a really great teacher, and  she will certainly be missed.

In addition to the retirement party, we did a few other fun things while I was in Jamestown.  It was fun to shop and go to lunch with my mom and sister, and we were sure to fit in Lena's pizza and Eklof's cookies.

I also did a Stella and Dot party for my mom on my last day in town.  It was a relatively successful show for tiny little Jamestown, especially since no one there has ever heard of Stella and Dot.

It was a fun all-girls weekend.  Back here in Music City there was a boys' weekend going on, but I'm still not privy to all of the details.  I just know that there was a water park visit and a meal that included both ice cream and brownies, which I was not supposed to find out about.  Don't boys know that moms always figure things out?  (Just kidding.  Brennan is a total blabbermouth.)