Day 4 - 12 -- Wonderful Visit

It was a slippery walk into work when it became clear that the scraping the heavy frost from the windshield would take me half the time it would take to maneuver the streets on foot. The rain from yesterday froze overnight leaving much black ice on the roadways and even thicker ice build up on the sidewalks. I remained upright through the many walks around today - a good thing <smile>. The three courses went fairly well -- some parts better than others, but they were not total disasters, so I'll take that for today.

A former student visited campus doing some guest lecturing today. It was wonderful to see where they've come over the past several years. We are connected by social media, a great way to keep in touch, but seeing each other face to face is so much better. We went to dinner and had catch up and enlightening conversations. I was privileged to meet and get to know the fiancee as well. What a great couple. <smile>  I'll admit to having a huge smile on my face as I walked home from dinner. I really enjoyed myself. As an educator, some students keep in touch and others don't. Regardless, I always wonder how life is treating them. I don't take credit for them getting where they do -- I just want to hear how life is moving forward for them since the time we spent together in classroom and office. There are a small handful of those special students -- the ones that made a major impression during the education process. Tonight's student was one of that group. That made catching up even more valued.

A line of music and a single word of a lyric ran through my head this evening once I returned home. While the full lyric deals with a different type of memory process, the main concepts of my reflections seem wrapped in the single word of the title and chorus line. This soft rock selection by an Australian group has an easy-going, conversational melody to it, which also fit our visit today. Enjoy!

Reminiscing -- Little River Band