Going home sooner than I thought...

My parents will be closing a home this week, so mom has requested that I come back to Birmingham sooner than later. So, I should be back in Bham by June 4 or 5. Anywhooo.... the weather is still April-like in Connecticut. Its been sunny all day today. We actually had a couple of days of sunshine last week. But, the occasionally thunderstorm tends to show up every other day. So, despite the sun today the high today was maybe 65 degrees. UGH!!! Can't wait to be home, and certainly can't wait to be living in SUNNY CALI-FOR-NI-YAY!!

I've been thinkin a lot about moving around and experiencing new places and how exciting it is for me. But, honestly my life as a pseudo-loner has been pretty dim at times. I started thinking about all the folks I would consider friends and realized that none of them are my absolute best friends. (no offense if you consider me one). But, seriously, I am sort of the transient buddy of several people, and while that's not altogether bad. Its really not so fun when I am not feeling so well and need to call someone who knows everything thats going on with me. (I guess God and my mom would qualify, but you get the point). The last time I felt this way was exactly 2 years ago. I was about to leave for Thailand, and began to realize that, after two months, I would have to say goodbye to all my wonderful CCP teammates and funny Thai people and begin yet another journey to New England for grad school. (I still laugh and cry when I think of the cheesy Thai music that made Lyndsey cry and hug me all the way in the cab in Bangkok...LOL) Why do I keep doing this to myself?!?!

Oh well, the contract has been signed and there is too much sunshine in California for me to dwell on the sad things!!

"This too shall pass"

Happy to leave New England

So, graduation weekend was a beautiful 70 degrees for 3 days straight. And what happened after that....rain!! Its been 45-50 and rainy since last Tuesday. UGH! We had to check-out all 900 residents from our apartments (which normally wouldn't happen if the fire marshalls just stop finding fire code violations). So, we gave our residents one week to move out. They had to be out by noon last Friday. They had 5 days to move their crap!!! 400 of them waited until Friday morning to come back and try to pack up their entire apartments within 4 hours. It rained the hardest on Friday ALL DAY!!! Why did I decide to stay and work for 5 more weeks. Outside of visiting with friends from the area, I imagine my time left in New England will be boring, and (thanks to weather) officially depressed. California can't get here any sooner!! Oh wait....the sun literally just broke through the clouds as I'm typing/venting. There is a GOD!!!

David Daniels, MAEd

Just a couple of pics from the weekend....

Two down...one to go

So, I graduated yesterday, and had a very busy weekend of activities. My family flew in from Birmingham, and arrived just in time for us to be 40 mintues late for my program's reception. Because the only hotel near my campus rates were ridiculous, we were all packed in my cozy one room effeciency on campus. But, overall it was a good weekend!! My dad seems to be better about me moving to California, he even hinted at getting me a "better" vehicle when I get back to Birmingham this summer. My response: "I wouldn't mind having nicer car to drive" My thoughts: "Hmmm...maybe spending a few extra weeks at home isn't so bad after all"...hehe.

So, funny story about graduation....all the graduates and families are taking their seats, preparing for the platform and faculty procession, when a classmate nudges me to point out a lady sitting directly across from us, nursing her child with no blanket to cover. She was sitting right on the second row in Gampel Pavillion (huge dome basketball arena on campus), and I swear the kid was no younger than 2 years old!!! My jaw immediately dropped and I literally fell out of my seat laughing, while my classmate tries to still my camera, cause it had a stronger optical zoom....LOL.

***64 days til I start my new job in Cali!!!