You know (or you hope) it's been a busy day (in a good way) when you're finally cleaning up your work inbox at 4am because there just hasn't been any other time to do it. I hope this isn't a case of me deluding myself with my bad time management skills (just kidding ( Read more... )

So, just finished a long week of reading applications at work. Lots of caffeine involved, but I love it. It's always inspiring to hear what applicants have done with their lives, what they look forward to achieving. I always wonder if I would make the cut, though my boss reassures me with a bemused smile that I would be "competitive" (which I ( Read more... )

Well, raise your hand if you've been neglecting your LiveJournal ( Read more... )

So, in typical fashion, I did not realize (or, remember, really) the State of the Union address was today until people started tweeting about it. Such is my life. Fortunately, the tweets started about half an hour before the real deal, so I was able to catch it live from my laptop. Still mulling it over, but it seemed pretty hopeful while ( Read more... )

Back in the office after a long weekend in Cuenca (again! Yay!). Trying to catch up on things.

What I Did Today:
1) Got off night bus
2) Took a cab to my apartment and kicked myself for bringing expensive equipment (camera and projector) because it would have been cheaper and faster to take mass transit
3) Went to CENIT and checked in with the ( Read more... )

My friend/adopted sister's team has a saying: "We don't do KaBoom! builds" (actually, the saying is "We don't _____" with each team member filling in the ______). But that's just what I did today. Our entire corps woke up at 5:45am (nyugh) and drove to the Samuel J Greene Charter School in New Orleans and helped build a playground. It was huge. It ( Read more... )

Today was pretty light. I cut all three of my classes to finish painting lines on the basketball court. It was a long, hot process but student volunteers definitely made it easier. We ran out of paint after the last line. How's that for timing? Apparently I'm also skipping class tomorrow to chaperone a field trip for sixth graders (the ones who ( Read more... )

So it's been an extremely long and tense day at work for everyone (and I know I always say that, but it's true). There are lots of tensions that have been underneath the surface and people are overwhelmed. We all deal with it in our different ways and unfortunately, mine is staying up until 5am watching DVDs I rented from the library. My Redwood ( Read more... )

So I have to be up in less than an hour at which point I will try to bike to the office and get more work done. Yee-haw. Period ( Read more... )

It is raining and thundering like CRAZY. Not so much yesterday when they cancelled our evening service (and yes, I was ecstatic, though also guilty), but it was amazing to watch the lightening this morning (or maybe I just didn't want to get out of bed). Midwestern storms still hold a special place in my heart for their size and color, but I won't ( Read more... )