Friday, July 24, 2009

Break in the Summer


Well, UCLA was a big success for me!! I worked with the best site staff ever and had a blast! It made it super hard to say goodbye to everyone but I hope I will either get to see or work them again sometime. Right now I am inbetween People to People trips and have 2 weeks off... well really only one now. I relaxed and got some stuff done at home last week and am now in Easton, MD visiting my dad and sister. Jenny and I went canoeing with our grandfather today on the River... was a lot of fun, even though I do tend to have a fear of tipping... not sure why- crazy I know especially since I do know how to swim, but just don't want to swim with the crazy amounts of sea nettles. eek! I am looking forward to the rest of the weekend...
Tomorrow I plan on attending the local art festival where they are closing down the streets and displaying some local artists work. I will return home tomorrow night but leave first thing in the morning to go see my best friend from college and her family!! YIPEEE!!! Then the rest of the week will be dedicated to seeing friends, family, packing, hopefully seeing a show in NYC, and then off to Chicago on Friday. I am looking forward to my trip, especially since my friend John is coming to visit and we are going to spend 4 extra days in chi-town to explore and have fun. :)
Lots of fun yet to be had here this summer... still trying to decide whether or no to take a mini-vacation to Orlando at the end of the summer as well...hmmmmm... or save my money for something else. Decisions... decisions!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

UCLA

Well, we are in midweek here at UCLA... another great week so far... great students, great staff... can't beat it! I am helping to run one of my favorite People to People programs with some of my best frinds! I could only hope and pray all programs were like this one. It's nice to be away from home right now... away from work, and even some house and family issues. I say this everytime I'm on program, but I so wish I could find a way to do this more often!

I find hope each week in these students and a ton of inspiration. I find inspiration in the staff as well and hope many of them take away as much from this program as I have in all 12 trips that I have done! LOVE IT! :)

Saturday, July 11, 2009

I'll Keep Tryin

ok, so I really suck at keeping this thing up to date, but I'm tryin! I was just in DC for another P2P trip and am now in LA for my second one of the summer! Yipee!!! I love it! I hope to post some pictures soon. We finished training today for the UCLA program and are getting ready for dinner soon and hopefully a nice realxing night of drinking and hanging out. I'll try to keep this updated as I go!

Peace.