Such a different world..

...I am actually on a corporate-call conference device right now with friends all over the country trying to plan a trip somewhere cool :) As a teacher, I didn't even realize that these things exist, services where you call a 1800 number, enter a code, and then are instantly put together with other people to talk over the phone. Wow. Cool. I need a job that has perks like this :) I am elated if I can actually make 50 copies without a paper jam, use the internet in the office without removing a 3 year-old from a game on it, or get my room sweeped (I am up to it being cleaned a total of 2 times this year).

In other news, Deepa ( a wonderful friend who I am lucky to have in my life) and I had a great talk today about traveling this summer through October. We feel that we have earned this right as we are so burned out by our current jobs and need to find the fun, exciting selves that we seem to have lost a bit of to teaching craziness. Tentatively we will be in Africa in July/August, India in September, Asia and Australia in October. Then on to get another job and make us some moola.

Things I am looking forward to:
--Visiting Vicks in April
--Skiing this weekend in Tahoe
--Potentially running a marathon in June
--Making cool things in pottery
--Getting things I ordered online in the mail
--Eating the homemade chowder my roommate is making right now!

yosemite

Hey...I want to go to Yosemite this weekend and go snowshoeing. Anyone interested? It will be fun and pretty!!!