No rest for the wicked ...

... or is that the "weary?" Well, makes no "nevermind" since there is simply no rest. But in a good way! We talked with our good friend John last night and he and his friend (and now ours!) Tom are driving from Minneapolis to Denver and would like to overnigiht at Chez Denicola on Thursday. So happy to have voices back in the house (not that either Tom or John are noisy guys!) ... but as I told him ... "The kitchen is closed." Not because we don't have food galore but because we're going to a cocktail party on Thursday after work for Nebraska Law College alums. I offered our leftovers ... again ... the "galore" part. 

So last night I washed sheets and got the bedrooms ready for the next guests ... but was also working on my LAST memo for the office. I think that my lasting legacy to EducationQuest will be memos. :) When I started 12 years ago, most reports were verbal. As a good attorney, I couldn't understand why we weren't memorializing more ... and so now, memos ... well, also galore! Mine this time was a philosophical one ... Is College For Everyone? Well, of course the answer to that is no ... but the caveat is ... if you say no too soon, which students are often left behind? And that's what EducationQuest is all about ... keeping expectations alive. 

Tomorrow night, my boss and EducationQuest are feting me at the Country Club of Lincoln with a farewell reception. It will be small ... professional acquaintances and staff only. Rob has promised a much bigger party sometime in January ... we shall see. We have so many irons in the fire for January already ... starting with our New Year's trip to New York City. We haven't been to NYC since we took many of the famiy with us ... for my mom's first trip to the Big Apple. She seemed to love it ... she certainly loved the Rockettes as did all of the girls! (The "boys" went for Johnny's Pizza in Times Square!) So this is for you, Mom, and for Cathy ... who got us such wonderful tickets!