First Day of School

I have always liked the first day of school. The anticipation of a new semester and learning lots of new things, buying piles of new books, the fresh pens and notebook paper, and (in the old days) unused crayons and pencils with full erasers. In the tradition of first days of school everywhere, I present the first-day-of-school photos. It was Braden's first day of not having classes to go to in about 19 years. It was also my first day as an instructor with my own course to teach (history of higher ed). I'm happy to report that all went well. To Braden's mortification, I also threatened to have our parents scan and send me photos of our first days as children... it looks like he will be spared. This year.