Back to School

First Day of School Ready to Board the Bus

For many years, the first day of school meant standing Damon and Heather at the front gate and taking a picture of them in new school clothes with book bags, ready for school.  Now, the first fall that NEITHER of them is in formal education, what happens?  We still have a back to school photo . . . this time of two nearly- senior citizens on their first day of class at the U.S. training academy for diplomats, the Foreign Service Institute.  Shelly is taking a basic Consular Officer course with an eye towards working in that area when we move to Ecuador, and David is taking Spanish in preparation for the new Guayaquil assignment.  We will both take Spanish and Consular classes in the time we are here in Washington, DC, now until February.
Notebooks? Check.
Lunch boxes? Check.
Reading glasses? Check.