February 7, 2024

3 Things of Gratitude: House, Home, and safety. I am grateful for the safety of my home. I cannot stress this enough. Nor, will I ever, ever take for granted the peace and comfort I find here, in the house I purchase for myself,by myself. From the warm glow and fresh scent of a burningContinue reading “February 7, 2024”

Summer 2022 is almost gone but my to do list isn’t finished.

August 7, 2022 I am grateful that when I tore my ACL abroad that I did not break anything else the multiple times I fell as I continued to walk 5-7 miles a day. I tore it on the plane ride over, but when school starts it will be because… I tore my ACL inContinue reading “Summer 2022 is almost gone but my to do list isn’t finished.”

3 thing April 12 – 2nd day of spring break – I’d rather be at the beach!!

So, day 1 I got sinus surgery and it’s a 3-5 day recovery with 2 weeks of no strenuous activity. I did this over spring break so as not to miss more time in my classroom since the repeated sinus infections that knocked me out so bad doc gave me a Covid test every time,Continue reading “3 thing April 12 – 2nd day of spring break – I’d rather be at the beach!!”

Yanks out for a run in Killarney, Ireland

I love to grab my phone and go out for an early morning run while on tour with my students.  Unfortunately, exhaustion tends to take over and the rest becomes more important as we move through our 14 hour days of walking and sight-seeing while traveling abroad.   Still, when I am able to doContinue reading “Yanks out for a run in Killarney, Ireland”