From the Outside Looking In…

I am just back from dropping LC off at the airport.  He is on the way to North Dakota for work and will be back Friday evening.  Tonight I have an old high school friend who is interviewing in DC tomorrow spending a few nights at the house.  He is planning to relocate to DC [...]

It was certainly an adventurous arrival!  I awoke at 4AM to get ready for my shuttle to the airport that was set to pick me up shortly after 5AM.  Well, they were on time!  It was a rather nice ride to the airport, as early as it was, and I was greeted at the departure [...]

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The sloth bear, this photo taken yesterday when LC and I went to the National Zoo, is a funny creature.  I thought I would share my photo and some fun facts with you about the sloth bear, courtesy of the National Zoo:
Active mostly at night, the sloth bear is a noisy, [...]

This weekend we had an opportunity to visit with J and N and their baby TL.  It was lots of fun and we shared so many good laughs!  Here is one of my favorite photos from that night and the look on the baby says it all!  More photos from this weekend can be found [...]

This past weekend was simply fabulous, what more can I say?  Pictures are forthcoming and will be up on Flickr soon, but we could not stay inside as the weather taunted us with highs in the upper 60’s.  How bad can that be?
On Friday, LC and I went to see Slumdog Millionaire.  I [...]

Less than a month ago, I was asked to participate in a photo shoot for a public relations campaign involving our schools.  No, there was no shag rug or fireplace to perch upon.  Nope, no fan to blow my hair carelessly in the wind for that one glamour shot…just me in a school library.  Still, [...]

A goal was set.  It was not easy to accomplish.  The weekend, for me, was enlightening on many levels.  I will never be the same.  I will not drive over a bridge in NYC or on the streets of Manhattan with the same mind frame.

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NYC welcomed us with open hearts – [...]

That is the tricky phrase in any employment contract.  I am a school administrator.  That is a given, the most obvious role I play in the school…but that also entails being a janitor, maintenance person, counselor, referee, and, today, food server.  I figured that since my cafeteria worker had called out sick today  and there [...]

Fun.  We met at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum for a little tourist action.

DS certainly is photogenic!

Friends from Jacksonville, Florida who are also skydiving veterans!  (the adults, of course!!)  The next time we will see each other will be in a few short months at the Disney Marathons.

Yum!!  Finished off with a hearty burger [...]

Thank God I’m Bowling!

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After a long week (and I mean LONG!) I planned a bowling trip for my faculty and staff after a professional development workshop I led on Friday.  We met at the bowling alley, Lucky Strikes, which is in Chinatown a few short blocks from our campus.  It was [...]