traveling

i've been busy busy busy traveling and working the last two weeks. i'm currently in denver and just getting to writing about last week in atlanta and this weekends conference in irvine!

i had a great atlanta conference. last wednesday the 11th i flew to atlanta via charlotte - i could have flown direct but i need my frequent flier miles so i fly star alliance when i can. the little things you do to get those miles - haha! i had a great group of students in atlanta and got to work with some of my favorite co-workers so overall it was one of my favorite cities this spring. the hotel was kinda a mess and logistics were crazy. plus it was fun that we had a student whose mom was chili from TLC. so lots of "chasing waterfalls" and "no scrubs" references between my coworkers and myself. and sunday night after we finished i went out to dinner and drinks with megan & cynthia who were my pc's this weekend. and it was great to spend time with megan, i've missed her since our fun adventures this summer around dc - especially since she is moving to the west coast. and then monday had a great day with my coworkers frolicking about atlanta!

passport

we started off our adventures at the MLK Jr. historic site in Atlanta - which is a national historic site and counted as one of the 397 places in the national park system! we walked around and took a tour in his childhood home and also stopped at the ebenezer baptist church where he was a pastor. i also decided to finally get the national park passport - so now i need to go back to 63 of the other national park system places i've been. some will be easy - but a few i know are going to be a bit more difficult. so anyone want to go on a major national park system road trip?

mlk birthplace

all of the cokes!

at the dwarf house! original chick-fil-a!

after our MLK adventure we dropped one of my coworkers at the airport and then jean found out that the original chick-fil-a is from atlanta. and so we headed over there - the original was called the dwarf house - and also is a sit down restaurant. so we had a little fun there! and then dropped jean off at the airport and then catherine and i headed to the world of coca-cola! and we had fun  learning all about coke and then tasting them! and then after that we headed back to the airport for our flights back home.

john wayne airport

so it was a fun day in atlanta! i wish i could have had more time to play - i can't wait to go back and explore more of georgia! so i was back in charleston on tuesday - where i subbed tuesday morning for a half day and then ran a bunch of errands and tried to catch up with life before heading off on my next adventure. on wednesday i hopped on a plane at 5:30 am to irvine (via dulles & denver airports) but had a good day flying. and then wednesday just hung around irvine with some coworkers wednesday night. and then thursday started the work week. i had a pretty good irvine conference with a good group of students and some fun with my coworkers. it was also the last city of the spring cycle so we all went out on sunday night to celebrate and had a bit of fun! and then monday morning i was up early to head to denver!

coworker love!

fun times!

and now i am in LOVE with colorado. like being near the mountains made me realize how much i miss them and love them.

and this is my 500th post on my blog as heart in ireland! woooo!