Into The Trenches

Tomorrow is the big day, our first preschool lottery. Unlike most where you send in your money and wait for word -- this one requires being outside the preschool at 8 a.m. with your check, application and child's birth certificate in hand. They herd you inside the building, the lock the doors, assign you a number and put it into a fishbowl. Then the fun begins, lottery style. Our odds are terrible but we maintain hope that we might succeed ( at one of the four schools we've applied) if only because our friend Jen Van Goethem just got word that her darling son has just been accepted for one of the most competitive schools. Wish us luck!