oh hi

oh hi. february is almost over and well i've been a bit busy. and well i haven't been on my computer much and i hate blogging from my phone.

so the last few weeks via pictures.

went into nyc for the super bowl to see two of my good friends from hs. we had a great night watching football and chatting about life and such. plus i drove into manhattan for the first time ever! 

i'm a very active sorority alumna both in nj & sc. i used to be a membership advisor for a collegiate chapter in nj but when i moved i resigned, but i went to help a few nights for their recruitment and had a great time! 

 

went to boston (well outside boston) to work a conference. it was a fun weekend. 6/7th graders are pretty funny and i was working with some great people. 

and i was able to see another great friend from hs who i worked with at summer camps and lives in boston. we went to dinner when i arrived on wednesday for tapas & sangria. it was delish and i haven't had good spanish food since the summer in dc. 

my work trip to boston had to end short though - my great grandmother (nanny) died and i missed the last day of the conference for work. she was 98 and had lived a great life. she had 3 children, 10 grandchildren, i'm 1 of 20 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren. sadly she was the last of my great grandparents. i knew 3 of my great grandparents all on my father's side, with her husband dying my freshman year of hs, my other great grandmother dying my junior year of college and her when i was 26. so i've been extremely lucky. this picture is 60 years old and is from my grandparents wedding and my nanny & poppy are shown there. 

my knee is doing well! i am 9 weeks post op today. and things are going great. my knee bends all the way, which is great and now i'm just getting my strength in my right leg back. therapy is going well and i can start jogging next week. wooooo! i'm doing all sorts of fun lunges, wall sits and such. 

so in other news i'm teaching for a few weeks in nj at the school where i used to teach. so far it has been good - interesting but good. it has been kinda weird to be back - i taught there the 09/10 year but was let go due to my position being cut due to the budget. and now i'm subbing in my old department for a few weeks. i'm enjoying my classes and i have about 15 of my old students who are now seniors which is funny and it has been great to see them. so just enjoying a few weeks of teaching and it really does make me miss teaching and having the same students. and it also has been great to see so many of my old co-workers! 

and to end it - this story came out of my undergrad last week and when i first read it i was so proud of washington college and to be an athlete there. it is an incredible story of sportsmanship by our basketball team and it has received a bit of national attention and a piece on it will be on next weeks (feb 25) college game day. 

happy presidents day!