After my long trip away from my wonderful family in western North Dakota, I stopped in Chicago for the ABA Site Evaluation Workshop on my way home.  I'm not quite where my co-blogger is on the whole accreditation thing, but it was not my favorite thing to add another day away from my family. On the plus side, I got to see my brother and his family the night before it, and I appreciated my time with my colleagues from WVU and beyond, so it was okay.  

It was hard to be away, but it sure was a great to get home. I even got to come home to this after a long five days: 

On so many levels, I am very, very fortunate.