Yesterday I had one of those social interactions that, in the quiet moments for the rest of the day, you replay over and over in your head and groan quietly to yourself in embarrassed horror. You think, Why the heck did I do that? If only I had done this. Or that. Or anything other than what I actually did do. Oh yes. It was that awful ( Read more... )

It's snowing outside. I'm so inspired right now for so many reason. I'm about to burst ( Read more... )

So. I've been back in California for quite some time now, about two and a half weeks, and I suppose I feel the distinct need to update at this moment in time because I'm about to leave California again. Funny, right? Yes. Yes it is. I am currently sitting in the now-too-familiar Sacramento International Airport waiting for my 9:10am flight to ( Read more... )

I would just like to start this post by saying that yesterday marked the first day of my last month as a twenty year old. Also, I am back in California as of this past Wednesday and it feels like I never left. If anything, it feels as if I blinked and suddenly a month of my time here was stolen out from under me. The students will graduate from the ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I posted. Somehow it doesn't feel right to post about my California experiences while I'm sitting on the computer in my own bedroom, never mind that the reason I am home is for an outreach trip on the east coast. Perhaps that's why I am only just now updating about my current adventures. I'm currently sitting at Bean Traders ( Read more... )

I asked Dana to wake me up this morning when they were leaving, no matter how early it was. Around 8:30am I said goodbye to the first and best friends I've made here.

( Now let me explain why I'm not feeling overly sad. )

I am currently sitting outside of Coffee Catz, a (duh) coffee shop located in downtown Sebastopol, CA. I'm here until 6pm (another forty minutes) because that is when Dave & Jenny Abramson, Ryan's cousins and the family I'm staying with for the week, will be home. I'm officially on my first solo outreach trip. I'm super nervous, but trying not to ( Read more... )

Day One: So, the whole "two layovers" game went pretty badly. Surprise, surprise. My first flight arrived in Charlotte, NC perfectly on time, only to find that my 8:45am flight to Las Vegas, NV had been delayed to 10:30am. Meh. The flight I had to catch from Las Vegas to Sacramento, CA was scheduled to take off at 11:24am PST and imagine my ( Read more... )