First Grade Teacher Conference

I'm here in Chicago, near the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, staying at the O'Hare Wyndham Hotel for the Illinois First Grade Teacher Conference. We drove up last night and ate at Lou Malnati's Pizza on Wells & Hubbard. The pizza was good, and it was the tastiest thing I've thrown up in a while. I shouldn't have eaten it, huge amounts of cheese, butter crust & sausage... what was I thinking?

The conference today has been good. One of the presenters, Sharon MacDonald, has been very informative. Her ingenuity and energy seem unbelievable. I had three sessions today where she was the presenter. Good stuff. Tomorrow I have 3 more sessions with her! It's fluky I guess, but I didn't sign up for her by name. I signed up just looking at the titles/subjects of the sessions, and she's always teaching stuff I want to learn.

I'm in the lobby now, because the hotel only offers wireless internet in the lobby. However, last night I could hook up to the internet in my room on the 4th floor. I couldn't stay on for more than a second, so that was worthless. I imagine that if I were staying on the 1st or 2nd floor, I'd get wireless in my room.

mmmmkay... gonna go now...