Teacher Has an Early Out

Half day of school for me. Before I took the long-term sub position, Dad, G and I signed up for a day and a half Soil Health Seminar sponsored by the Sustainable Farming Association. I decided to keep my registration since the things we'd learn could be applied to our homestead. 

I forgot to tell Mrs. M's class that I'd be gone in the afternoon. Wonder how that went... haha. I told Mr. N's class I wouldn't be back in the afternoon. Of course they wanted to know where I was going. 

"A soil conference with my dad."

"That sounds boring. You should skip it."

"I'm sure I'll learn all sorts of cool stuff."

"But why are you going? Can't he go by himself?"

"Well, I need to learn stuff to make my farm better for my goats. And my garden."

"YOU HAVE GOATS????" 

Cue the goat stories from other kids who know people with goats (fainting), asking me to bring my goat to school for pet day/show and tell/etc. Pictures were all I promised.

Day one of the conference was very good. All three of us had takeaways we plan to apply to our farms. Conference snacks were tasty (always a plus) and they had herbal tea as an alternative to coffee. I had thought ahead and brought a thermos of my own. But it's nice to know I have refill options for tomorrow!