Happy New Year

One week into the new year and one week away from turning 25, feels like a good time to check in!

The holidays were a blur of work, holiday activities, directing and presenting my first student play, (!!!) some time in IL and OH with family and friends, time in the mountains skiing, and back to school again. This time of year seems to fly by, but I feel like I did a decent job of soaking in the time to relax, not get too stressed or frenzied, and enjoy time off with people that I care about.

The play was successful! Didn't think it would go as well as it did, while not perfect, the girls demonstrated to me that at the last minute they could perform! And I am quite proud of the time and energy we put into it. Today was the first day of Shakespeare rehearsals/auditions, and despite anxiety last night about working with some of the other adults or having nightmarish kids show up, it was actually SUPER uplifting and exciting to hear students saying lines like, "if music be the food of love, then play on!"

Even though after sleepless weekends of fun and skiing I really dread getting out of bed and driving 40 minutes to Green Valley Ranch, there are certainly aspects of my job that I am really really loving, especially compared to the last 2 years. I still really miss the companionship of friends from RBN and the comfort there was there of visiting and venting to other friends, BUT I think that I am beginning to develop a foundation at FPW for the kids.

Bring on 25! Still thinking about values to dedicate this time to.. but while I think about that I do have some goals:

-Run the Bolder Boulder 10K in May
-Get Kevin to Grayslake/Chicago
-Get accepted to grad school at UNC