Just finished breakast. It was a much better spread today. We had eggs, bacon, and diced potatoes. We finished up the item review shortly before 4 yesterday. I was leaving the hotel in search of dinner when I met Stephanie Dallman. She invited me to eat with her at the Olive Garden. She introduced me to her friend Dana, a college roommate and former softball teammate from Tennessee Tech. Turns out Dana is a parole officer who Stephanie says is rather promiscuous...

It is 8:11 AM and I am sitting in my hotel room waiting for the general session to begin at 8:30. This is my fourth time representing HCBOE at the item/bias review. I have reviewed items for math. Today, I am reviewing science. I am excited. Breakfast was served in the Belle Meade room this morning.it was a mediocre spread of fruit, breakfast burritos, various pastries, cereal - in a word: continental. My room is on the first floor. My patio door overlooks the ...