i’m not sure how that crept up on me so fast, yet it did, and if it continues as it began, i’m going to be very busy.

i started out this year with a bus driving test, which i passed, and so i’m now, officially, a bus driver. whaaat?!

i’ve already worked a couple late nights, and the year has barely begun. what does that say about how this job is going to go this year? no less busy.

i did get a new office, and the chance to actually sit with whats going on at my program and make it good. i got the chance to start he year with a clean building, with the remnants of the past few years cleared out. which is so lovely. and means i can really kick butt with my interns. haha.

but the thing that i love most about the way this new year started? that i could be surrounded by friends and family. that even though many of my favouritest people are so far away, i can still be thinking of them, looking at pictures of their faces on my office walls, reading words that they’ve written, listening to music that reminds me of them, and even talking to them on the phone. (resolutions for this year? rest with people more often. take time to call or write or sit quietly with people more often. worry less about things not getting done. take more pictures. love myself well. love others well. be well.)

i’m looking forward to this year. i think it will all be spent in the US of A. i’m excited to see where i’ll go, who i’ll go with this year.

i think you’ll see more of me here.

i hope so, anyway.

working one full time job after being an intern was always going to be a challenge- the delights of living away from where i work and having time and space and resources to do things other than work, combined with the expectations and demands of a job… but then to add another job… even ‘just’ 14 hours… well, it’s tough. it’s demanding, it’s challenging, it’s … tiring, exhilarating, stressful, it’s a lot.

and i think i’m slowly getting used to the work load and the responsibilities, i’m not sure that i’m performing to my capacity on either right now, i know i drop the ball on a lot of things… and sometimes my enthusiasm for anything else wanes in the face of the bone deep weariness that comes with the end of a particularly long work day or week.

but i know that that will change and that this will get better, that i will articulate my needs and fears and strengths and weaknesses and.. and.. and it will get better. i will get better at this. and at defending myself in this.

hmmm.

and now… grey’s anatomy. soooooo… goodnight. i will be back again soon.

it’s been really quiet around here. for which i am sorry. but life is just so dang busy.

not that that’s an excuse…

anyway. two jobs later, i’m in this country for the meanwhile, and life is back at full speed ahead. i’m juggling facilities at urban with directing an afterschool program. and some days it’s enough to make me a little crazy. by little… well.

anyway. the kids are… kids. the interns are… interns. life is… life.

HA!

sorry. it’s hard to describe everything that’s going on in a few words. so maybe soon, i’ll get back on here with more pictures. :)

we’re in the process of working out how our community is going to function and look, what spaces are going to be dedicated to which things. we’re getting there.

i have grand plans for this space. somewhere that i can relax, drink tea, read, sew, invite friends to… somewhere i can live a full life.

there’s a lot still to do.

i’m pretty excited.

which i had about three weeks notice of.

but made it in less than three days.

and here it is: not perfect, but pretty dang good.

so, there was all of that. and there was also a job interview. (which went well, i think. we’ll find out monday or tuesday how well it went.) and there were new roommates. and there was cell. and there was a friend returning from sweden. and there were visitors. and it was altogether a pretty overwhelming week.

but delightful.

and so today, on this rainy sunday morning, when i should be working, but am not, i’m just going to sit, and rest and enjoy being.

*i’m not here. i maybe would like to be. beaches are great. i also just really like being right here.

the other part, well, kent’s never been to NYC before…

we spent most of our time in Brooklyn, where all the hipsters hang out, (cough.) though we ended up actually being in the real jewish community area, since the pizza recommendation we had was a little joint right in the heart of that area.

we explored prospect park a little, were asked to move along by a cop in a glorified golf cart, and took the pictures that need to be some kind of band cover art or something.

so… here is our night, in pictures.

so here. you have the pizza consuming part of the evening. however there are more delights to come, fear not.

this is the start of the ‘sneak king’ attack that rob and jesus surprised jordan with… lets just say, you all should buy burger king games for your room mates birthdays…

and this is my house. [not our actual house, we're in prospect park.] these are the crazy mad fools i live with.

a homeless guy was talking to us and asked me, ‘so which one are you in love with, princess?’ and i, after laughing, responded, ‘all of them’.

and that’s it.

i’m in Malibu, CA, building paddleboards with Jesus and Luis and we are doing a daily blog over here so you should come check us out…

and now i have to go sand some boats… it’s a hard life… :)

the 20/20 special re-airs tonight, but i don’t know when or where. Ivan’s family were featured, and at the time, his mom didn’t have a job and they had nowhere to live… things have changed a little since then, so here he is:

took the film camera out today- think i’ll take that to malibu too, see if we can get some nice shots there. i’m the resident documentor of the trip, so that’s a pretty exciting/challenging position for me… eeeehk.