From the Outside Looking In…

Let me start by wishing everyone a happy and healthy Christmas day and start to the New Year!  Here is a photo of this year’s National Christmas Tree.

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Santa was very good to me this year!  Last night, LC and I went for a walk around the White House and took some [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

New York City Marathon.
Sunday, November 2, 2008.  Not only will I set my clock back one hour for daylight savings time, but I will also run alongside my partner, T, during the 26.2 mile journey through all five boroughs of New York City.  This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that T’s dad helped arrange for us [...]

Subway from Cheverly to DC…DC to Boston…Subway from Boston to Cambridge…Subway from Cambridge to Boston…Boston to NYC…NYC to DC…Cab ride back from the airport. I am tired.
Had a wonderful weekend in Cambridge with T.  Arriving on an early flight on Friday, I met him for lunch after his morning class.  We walked for a bit [...]

You’ll be swell!  You’ll be great!  Gonna have the whole world on your plate!  Can you hear the music, people?  I know I can!  T and I made a trip to the NYC area this weekend and had a lot of fun.  We stayed at JH’s apartment in Staten Island, arriving early Friday evening.  T [...]

Each day for quite a while I have been treated with a surprise.  Mostly it has been weather related, like a brisk morning breeze or an unanticipated rain shower to cool the day.  Other times it has been a nice text message from T wishing me a good day or some good news greeting me [...]

After a successful half marathon last Sunday, T and I made our way back home to Cheverly and have begun the task of unpacking and finding space for all of our stuff around the house.  We made it back to the area just in time for me to make a 3pm meeting that officially announced [...]