In just two weeks I’ll be heading to California for a visit and to present a couple of team building workshops at the Homeschool Association of California’s excellent Home = Education Conference. I’m trying to gather all of my supplies so that I can relax a bit about having it all under control. I’ve got the oddest assortment of stuff in my conference suitcase:

I’ll be presenting one workshop on Saturday and another on Sunday, which means that I’ll be in Sacramento for the entire weekend and will be able to take advantage of some of the great speakers that will be there. I’m particularly excited about Alfie Kohn and Wes Beach.

Of course, this also means that I’ll spend the entire weekend by myself, as my husband will be on dad duty with the boys and will be busy visiting with my parents, where they plan to crush homemade apple cider. Without me. I grew up crushing apple cider on my parents’ apple farm, so I am sorry that I’ll miss this. I won’t get to see the boys reaction to their first taste of fresh squeezed Gravenstein apple cider. Hopefully they’ll save some for me!