28th Birthday

I had a **fantastic** 28th birthday celebratory extravaganza!! Here are the details… Thursday–This was my actual birthday. I started the day in class, which wasn’t ideal but turned out to be great. Luckily, I am loving this class, so I was actually...

Birthday Week, Thus Far

As Nik mentioned in a previous post, I really, really love my birthday! I tend to streeeeettttcccchhhh my birthday out to encompass the entire month, or at least the week. Well, I have really been enjoying my birthday week thus far. It began, technically, with the...

How To Tie Shoelaces, Properly!

Are you a parent? Maybe a teacher working with younger children?  How often do you re-tie shoes?  Wonder why your own shoes come undone all the time or look funny?  It’s a skill we all learn early on and then never revisit assuming the mastery is complete.  Here...

Friends, Sunshine, and Flowers

Today Nik and I headed over to Berkeley to enjoy a day of fun with our friends April and Seth. We love these two, and work hard to see them as much as possible even though they’ve left Davis and moved to Berkeley. Many fun times have been had with these two,...

Back in Black

It’s been about a month since my last post and three days since I quit my job.  I have some applications in but I’m not terribly serious about jumping right back into things.  I’ve enjoyed these last few days immensly and the free time is allowing me...