May Madness

And so it begins. Tomorrow is the Kick Off for the Young Authors Conference at Fairfax. I have an author coming in from Columbus who will do three repeat assemblies in the morning, one for kindergarten and 1st graders, one for 2nd and 3rd, and another for 4th and 5th. This will include her interactive game “The Inside Track to Creative Writing.” Then eight lucky 4th and 5th graders will have lunch with her (and moi) and another 24 will attend a one-hour writing workshop in the afternoon.

I will then spend most of the month in the building, working with individual children on their stories or teaching mini-lessons on writing. I will also be coordinating an army of volunteers who will be visiting the classrooms for several weeks. By the end of the month, we will have 392 typed, illustrated and bound books.

And then in my spare time, I am co-chairing a fabulous event for Family Connections on May 12. Every single one of you is invited and strongly encouraged to attend. It’s an adult carnival (not as racy as that sounds, I promise … or I’m sorry) with, among other things, a Wine Pull Ring Toss, Hula Hoop Contest and juggling/fire-eating act.

And then on May 21, we’re hosting a fundraiser for the Democratic judicial candidate for Court of Common Pleas, who runs in the same legal circles as Mark.

And, this one is exciting, I will be a guest blogger on Mother’s Day on Melinda Roberts’ The Mommy Blog, an author and one of the original “Mommy Bloggers” (she’s been around since 2002 — I didn’t even know what blogging was then!) and the recipient of all sorts of impressive media attention and awards.

And I was just asked to be the speaker at a Circle of Friends event to benefit Rainbow on May 25.

And there’s baseball practice twice a week and eventually games, end-of-the-year picnics, PTA meetings, art shows and teacher appreciation brunches calling for homemade muffins.

And, of course, we must throw in this Thursday’s Big Scans.

So, if you see me on May 31 and I’m still standing and speaking in complete sentences, consider it a mission accomplished. And know that in June, I’m doing a whole lotta NOTHIN’.