Day 57 - Eric Carle Book (Give)

As stressed as I feel over starting school again tomorrow (with last minute grading of final exams and planning lessons while trying to get the house ready to sell) at least I'm not Scott, the guy who teaches next to me. 

He and his wife went to visit family out of state for Christmas and she decided to go into labor about five weeks early!  The baby was born the day after Christmas, the day they had marked on their calendar to make the drive back to indiana. 

Scott left his grading work (a stack of final exam essays) at home since he knew he wouldn't do them during his visit with family.  With the baby altering travel plans, he just got back to town yesterday ... and grades were due today.  He came in around 5:00 PM to work on sub plans for the next week or two and then headed home to finish his grading.  I bet it will be a late night for him.

He's a great guy and I wish him all the best.  I came back to school to finish up some planning for the week and left a gift for him on his desk - a collection of children's stories by Eric Carle.  Melissa had picked it up a long time ago, knowing that it would make a good gift at some point.  Scott has an older daughter who might enjoy the books until the new one is old enough to start being read to.