life has continued on its whirlwind path and i feel like i can hardly keep up.

last weekend i headed up to springhill to volunteer for a WTR. it was fantastic. i loved seeing great friends and hanging out with kids i didn't have to yell at all the time. (my fifth graders have been a handful at the OEC...)

last week was a 4 day work week, which was sweet. we also got a a bunch of snow! we've been waiting for it for months.

in other news, my aunt rosie died on thursday. she'd been in the hospital for a few weeks and hadn't felt well in months. death is such a weird thing. i haven't had to deal with it much in life, so it's hard for me to figure out what to do with in my brain. the funeral is on tuesday, and i already have monday off work for president's day, so it looks like i'm working a 3 day week next week.

ah yes, my work life. i don't mind my job i suppose, but then there's the whole we're working for 2 weeks, then off for 6, then on for 3 days, then off for another week and a half, then on for like 4 weeks, then done. if you do that math, it's about 7 weeks of work for the next 4 months. these are relatively recent developments and i still haven't determined what to do next. i really want to move to washington, but i'm not sure that will work out right. i've also spent some time working on some outdoor ed ideas for springhill, but i don't know what (if anything) will become of that.

i'm just taking life one step at a time. that's all i can do really.

this weekend is the epic SEM girl SHX WTR reunion tour. well, it's 3 of the SEM girls at least. too bad we're old now and are far less excitable about camp things. ok, courtney and elisabeth fall into that category. i'm still pretty wide eyed and wholeheartedly loving every second of our attempt to recapture the glory of our college years volunteering. we'll see how today goes with my 2 grumpy friends.

speaking of, i should get ready for the day.