School's Back In

Nick started school last week. He is a Freshman! He has - Biology, Sociology, Geometry, PE, Lunch, English, and Art - in that order. Biology, Geometry and English are GATE classes (harder than usual). I'm guessing GATE stands for Gifted And Talented Extraordinaire.

He has Mr. Trutna for Geometry. Mr. Trutna says he's in a Gang! He says his gang goes around and tags driveways with chalk. They draw hopscotch squares and flowers, and the occasional math problem. He likes to mess with his friends by saying things like, "That Starbucks is located on the vertex of Blackstone and Barstow".

So far, Mr. Trutna appears to be the best part of High School (plus the other GATE classes). Not much homework yet. I imagine that will change soon.

Back to Carmel

Yes, we went to Carmel, again... can you tell, we like it there? It was 2 nights, and about 2 days, much too short of a trip. We drove South on Highway 1 to find McWay Falls, and went on a Safari (on the Elkhorn Slough). It was foggy and cold the entire time we were there, which was just fine with us. Here are some pictures --> Carmel August 2008