We have made it to Atlanta! Everything went incredibly smoothly at the airport in Milwaukee. I cannot express how wonderful it is to fly out of there with students instead of Chicago. Especially on the way back when all you want is to be home and NOT on a 2 1/2 hour school bus ride to arrowhead. We are now about 1 hour drink our flight to Madrid. We get in around 8:30 am there, so about 1:30 am central time. Here's going I can get at least a few hours of sleep! N...

Well, one week from today I will be sitting on an airplane at a yet to be determined gate at General Mitchell International Airport alongside 14 high schoolers and my trusty travel companion, Jeanne. We'll be making a quick layover in Atlanta before flying overnight to Madrid, Spain. I'll be spending 2 weeks in Spain with the students, and then Jeanne is being kind enough to fly home with them so I can continue on to Amsterdam to visit my cousin Deb and her famil...