From the Outside Looking In…

After meeting a friend again for brunch today in the Dupont section of DC, we decided to take a trek up to the revitalized Columbia Heights shopping district to check out the Target and some other new stores that recently opened up over the past few months.  With the rain falling heavily and parking at [...]

It’s strange in the house this morning – no smells of baked goods and no dirty dishes in the sink piled from yesterday.  The house is eerily quiet as the clouds hold back the rise of the morning sun.  A warm cup of tea boiling on the stove, I opened the refrigerator to reveal the [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!
Instead of the large party that was being planned, the table already set and groceries already bought and prepped, this year will be a quiet celebration alone at home.  I am OK with that, although everyone is trying to pull me out to their homes to celebrate.  I appreciate all of the thoughts and [...]

Yesterday was a very busy day for me and it started very early with a cold morning meeting at school for Beautification Day.  About 12 of us gathered at school to pot some large plants to place around the school, mainly one in each classroom, and a few other scattered around the office and auditorium.  [...]

It is 4PM and I am normally sitting at my desk reviewing testing data, answering parent emails and calls, making judgement on recent disciplinary actions, evaluating the staff, and catching up on professional readings and reviews.  Not today.  I am home.
I am not feeling well.  Everything hurts and I have not really eaten in a [...]

Many people in our neighborhood are cashing in on the upcoming inauguration.  First, I thought it was a few homes renting out rooms for between $1,000 – $2,000 for the weekend.  Now, this morning, I heard of some homes in the neighborhood charging up to $16,000 for the entire house.  Can you imagine?  The lure [...]

Lots of people live their life like this.  Constantly running, doing things, exhausting their lives with work, play, or both.  Eventually something has to ‘give’ and the energy to do these things suddenly diminishes and then the crash happens – and there is no energy to do anything as the body chooses to shut itself [...]

Lazy Sunday.  I am spending it here in Cambridge and Boston, alone on the streets enjoying the partial sun and chilly breezes.  This is sooo the setting right now for a Lifetime made-for-tv-movie given how I feel, what I am going through, the strong conviction I STILL have, and the weather.  I wonder if Matt [...]

Happy Birthday.  That is what I heard last night…along with “nothing you say will change my mind.”  No reasons, no rationality, no true concern.  That is what I feel.  As I lay crying, sobbing on the bed, he sat there quiet.  No words, not a hand on my shoulder, and when I would turn around [...]

Tomorrow is my birthday.  This will be a memorable birthday for me because of the series of events that have taken place this week.  This will not be the happiest birthday on record, that is for sure.
I am flying out today to go to Boston for the weekend.  Some are saying its not a good [...]