Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Ohiopyle ~

at the beginning of August we went to Ohiopyle with some people from Joe's class. we slide down the natural rockslides. at first everyone was hesitant but it ended up being pretty fun.


mike

lara

albert

joe

we played a bit in the water

and afterwards dried off with a beautiful view.



and finished the day with a bike ride. the group left to right: me, joe, albert, mike, lara and justin.

it was really fun - it's always nice to get out and enjoy nature:)

Monday, October 11, 2010

hello again -

i can't believe it's been over 2 months since i last posted...time really does fly. well there are some events to catch up on and a few changes. first, i have decided to go back to school...again. for what i haven't exactly decided, but i'm excited to get back in the classroom. i will be starting in january for the winter semester. second, i quit my job at the hospital. originally the plan was to quit in december right before i started school but once i got the idea in my head i couldn't contain the excitement and put in my two weeks the very next morning. after the thrill of quitting subsided i was struck with panic as i thought, "i just quit my job, i'm jobless", but luckily panic was replaced by a wonderfully restful feeling as i thought, "that's right baby, i'm jobless - woo hoo". so from now until january i have the unique opportunity of taking a break. i have no plans, no real jobs, no kids, just me:). it's like getting a do over of summer break when you are a kid, but now i have a mature appreciation of how valuable a break really is. joe has lovingly nick named it "100 days of marie", i really appreciate him nudging me to do this and then fully supporting me when i decided to actually do it. so i'm now on day 10 of "100 days of marie" and it's better than great, i feel lucky, lucky, lucky:).

i have lots of pictures to share of what we have been up to over the last couple of months so check back over the next few days.