I die...

Look what showed up in my work e-mail: Field Study for Educators Peru: The Amazon to the Andes August 9th - 19th, 2010 Designed for teachers, students, and the adventurous, this once in a lifetime experience will immerse you in a study of Peru’s lowland tropical rainforest and its Andean sub-tropical cloud forest. The focus will be on transforming our relationship with the natural world and translating the adventure into meaningful learning experiences for K-12 students. Pre-Departure Workshop: August 7th-8th on the West Chester University Campus Cost: $2,775 + Airfare to Lima (Optional Machu Picchu Extension: Aug 18-21: $600) For credit (optional): Register for EDO420-41/EDO520-41 Summer Session III WCU Outdoor and Place-Based Education (3 credits) Additional required dates for credit: August 2nd-7th (9:00am-5:00pm) in West Chester, PA *Deadline for registration and payment of $500 deposit: May 31st, 2010 More information: Mary Ann Robinson mrobinson@wcupa.edu Dr. Paul Morgan, 610-436-6945 pmorgan@wcupa.edu Itinerary and Registration Forms: Visit http://www.wcupa.edu/aceer/workshops.asp or call 610-738-0477 Sponsors: The Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER) West Chester University of Pennsylvania (WCU)

I've always wanted to go to Machu Picchu. I love how they think you can afford a trip like that on a few weeks notice. We are TEACHERS after all. Maybe next year...

life soundtrack

I'm back

I haven't posted lately because I've been busy doing this:

and this:

and a little bit of this:

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It could not have been more lovely, relaxing and fun.

• The weather was fabulous.
• We had the perfect mix of going out (Disney and Epcot) and staying at the resort lounging around the many pools under the palm trees. Everything was at our own pace. No over-scheduling.
• I purposely didn't bring my laptop. The school e-mail went untouched and the cell was used only for communicating with family while in the parks.
• My parents (of course) were the perfect hosts and it was so good to spend time with my sister.
• Isaac is the most fabulous traveling companion under the age of six there ever was.

But....

Now I'm home and reality has hit me like a ton of bricks.

There are lots of thoughts churning through my head so hopefully I will be posting more soon.

arbitrary thoughts

1. Packing for vacation is so much fun.
2. Especially when it is just for a few days in a hotel.
3. Instead of a whole week in a beachhouse where I must transport a ton more stuff.
4. In contrast, unpacking from vacation is like, the worst thing ever.
5. I've got Lady Gaga blasting and everything is all organized.
6. The luggage leaves with mom and dad for FL tomorrow.
7. They are driving.
8. We will meet them there (via airplane) on Friday.
9. I love how I already packed my blow dryer and most of my make-up.
10. Because I know I won't use any of it before Friday.
11. Now I just have the dreaded short list of things I need to use in the meantime.
12. That also need to be packed to come with.
13. And yes, this vacation falls into the category of "Things Lisa Should Have Said No To In Order To Stick to Her New Frugal Lifestyle."
14. But it's too late now.
15. And darn it, I wanna go to Disney World!
16. I hope the weather in FL is better than the weather here.
17. It has been rather chilly and gray lately.
18. Which I felt bad. It has been 70s/80s/90s for the past few weeks.
19. And so I advised my sister to pack more summer clothes.
20. Now of course she is here and it's freezing.
21. I'm craving brownies.
22. I will settle for sucking on a few chocolate chips.
23. I've been trying to come up with a reponse post to this and the posts/comments referenced within it.
24. I think I could start write about twenty typed pages about feelings of "not belonging" at church.
25. So who knows. If I could get my thoughts together in a coherant way there could be a post about it soon.
26. Apparently Isaac has been begging to learn piano.
27. My folks pulled out all the old basic piano books from the basement for him.
28. I have to admit, that one overwhelms me.
29. Piano lessons were so painful and not fun for me that I almost don't want to go there with him.
30. We'll see though.
31. In online dating anecdotes: my friend Jenni was checking her e-mail at lunch today on her iphone.
32. She announced that she had recieved an e-mail from a guy saying "Damn, you have some hot friends".
33. Needless to say, she hit ignore.
34. This guy at church the other day was straight up clipping his daughters toenails in the middle of the service.
35. And as if that weren't bad enough he was using the little file part to scrap junk out from underneath them.
36. I'm not exaggerating, I almost threw up.
37. Am I the only person left in the universe that has to do T9 texting?

That's all I got tonight...

What I've Been Listening to Lately

These are the ones I keep skipping ahead to on my ipod.

What are you listening to these days? I need some fresh songs...

This is what I need...

to make it through work today. And it's the end of the year, so tissues are a hot commodity at school.

thoughts on being a mom

These are my days:

But this is my life: