From the Outside Looking In…

Yes, today is my birthday!  I am so grateful to have the opportunity to celebrate my 25th birthday once again. 
I have received so many good wishes from people in person, over the phone, and over facebook.  I am so thankful for all of the people in my life who have taken the time [...]

This evening, after walking to the parking lot from the school building, my friend and coworker BD and I were talking about just random stuff.  It was during this conversation that she commented how last year at this time I was not in a good space emotionally and to look at the drastic difference one [...]

October 4th is the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi.  Beyond the “talking to the animals” reputation, Saint Francis sparked a movement of men and women that continues over 800 years later.  Franciscans take all different shapes, sizes, colors, and ministries.  Some live alone, most in community, but all in the charism of St. [...]

It is a rainy Sunday here in the DC area, a rainy weekend to be exact. I am ok with that, I like the rain – and since it is basically keeping me indoors for much of the day I am taking this opportunity to move some furniture around the house and repurpose some [...]

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’s the most wonderful time of the year…let your pride show!  Yesterday was the Pride Parade and today is the festival – time to put on the sunscreen and get out of the house for a day of pride and celebration!

So as I was going into the conference room at the central office yesterday, I was stoppd by the head of schools who said “We have a friend in common…I spoke with PR last night.”  My jaw dropped – it had been a few years since PR and I last saw each other.  I was [...]

Yay!  Three days of fun, right?  Memorial Day weekend is here, beaches are open, and today begins the official “pool season” for most public pools.  The temperatures are rising and the skies are clear.  I am excited about the things we have planned for this weekend!
Today we are going to do some shopping, and we [...]

I have to say that the two hardest working people at school most days are my two office mates, my secretary and my operations manager.  They field all the calls that come into the school, are the first line of defense for disgruntled parents, filter through my mail and only bring to me what is [...]

Is this what it feels like to blog?  It has been a while since I last blogged because life has been so busy lately at home and at work that I have often gone right to bed after arriving home from work.  Well, that is only after I get a few moments of television watching [...]