Tuesday, August 7, 2018
cool breeze and flip flops, morning porch moments and leaves rustling in the breeze, wind off Buzzards Bay.
It's August already. As usual time is fleeting and it seems impossible that So much time has passed since the last week of school. Soon my Rainbow girl will be starting her senior year. She knows where she wants to go to University and has completed her first summer job building out 6 low income apartments. She learned how monotonous and hard it is to do construction, especially moving furniture and insulating on hot humid summer days, going up and down ladders and scaffolding. I am so proud of her for for her hard work and dedication to the mission. My ladybug is working hard at her new job and making the transition to adult living in the working world, while looking at options for her future also. I am doing painting and cleaning projects at my folks place and at home too. Currently, I am hosting friends and playing tour guide to the Cape and Islands, a fun and welcome summer pastime and break from necessary house maintenance. Blessings and love to all. Especially you who took the time to read this, a bit mundane in the musings department today. peace to the world.
Sunday, July 8, 2018
oceans to mountains continues to be our mantra
As the filled days continue moments tick by....
This spring was full of commitments and joys.
Ladybug graduated from Bentley University and had many closures, with her schooling for now, her retail job at Athleta, and on to ceremonies and the title of Graduate in Global Management.
She went on a trip to Peru and her appendicitos became unavoidable the night before her sojourn to Machu Pichu. A major operation at a facility made for International travelers in Cusco, and I was on a flight as soon as I could leave. After arriving at 12,000 feet, drinking chlorophyl, and taking a few aspirin (a recommendation from my seat mate who teaches Pilates in Vail on the trip from Miami to Lima), bought in the Lima Aeropuerto.
Ladybug's boyfriend and I spent the next few days helping her to recover, and engineering her return home with the help of Catalyst Wellness+Performance Director, my partner and soul mate, Dr. Geddis and our two Doctor friends in the States.
An unplanned but wonderful trip for her health and safety. My experiences on the expedited tip to Cusco, the amazing things I experienced there, markets, the Festival of Chorpus Christie, with music all hours of the Day and Night, icons of the Saints, carried by troupes of Christian Men, dances and dancing in the Streets, cannons and firecrackers, alpacas and colorful local gente or people, everywhere.
The trip back was difficult but I learned a lot on the way home. A return voyage full of twists and turns, different types of wheelchairs at each place and for Airplane aisles, and offloading our loaded plane at 4 am, on the tarmac, down stairs, very difficult for a person who has just had abdominal surgery. Then reversing the boarding process in full. We were lucky because of our Medical status and had help throughout and they got us to our hotel first of everyone, which I was incredibly thankful for. At this time Ladybug lost all composure and resolved to tears. In Pain and exhausted.
My gratefulness to this healthy and happy outcome, our return home with her, my gratitude to her team and Surgeon is permanent, and to the people who helped us on the journey.
Ladybug started her new full time job two Mondays after we got back from Lima, and is enjoying working at a start up and all the great benefits and work perks they offer.
Rainbow girl is now a Senior in High School, her spring was chock full of activities. Her Track team experiences, time with friends, practicing her skating, finishing out her Junior Year responsibilities as Secretary to her Class, although she did the Lion's Share of the three senior representatives for the duration of the year, and AP exam, SAT's and ACT's, and she has passed her Junior Moves in the Field test for Figure Skating (an huge accomplishment, one below Olympic competition level, due to years of hard work) and will begin work on Senior moves and her Ice Dance tests, when we return to Cape Cod, and The Bog in Kingston.
Currently she is working on a construction project on Block Island with a family friend for the summer. Deconstructing and building out 6 affordable housing apartments above a church.
The Adirondack chair she built this spring graces the Living Room on Cape Cod, and shelves, and other projects are now supporting shoes, and clothing around her room and the house. She is doing great. She continues to run, and has been offered spots on two teams at Universities in Massachusetts. She will run cross country and track again next year, as well as further develop the Skating skills she already possesses and work towards all her goals as she finishes High School and continues to develop plans for the Future.
She plans to apply to her top choices for Colleges determined by the Architecture Programs they have, our two favorites are UMD College Park, which has an amazing program, Incredible and huge Campus, and a 24/7 Design Building with each student getting their own desk, and start to finish design projects, an incredible program. NCState is her first choice. (because of the design orientation of their program, the first two years of the program are focused on learning to Design out of the Box, then a 3rd year Fall term abroad in Budapest, and a swing semester in that spring. The students we spoke with were doing the Fashion show that evening) 5th year accredited licenture, and 6th for full Master's.
We got to visit all of our God family in North Carolina which was a life experience and treat. We looked at 22 schools in total this spring on our vacations. Concentrating on those that were appealing to the Rainbow girl's design and aesthetic requirements, a D1 sports program for watching events, a more southerly climate, and proximity to extended family.
The coming year will be a busy one. One I will savor each moment as the reality of my kids "flying" is here.
Casper is in her prerequisites for RN and has worked in 4 jobs capacities this year. She just moved into a receptionist job at a nursing facility and is hostessing at a beautiful restaurant in the Connecticut Hills. She is doing great and working hard towards her future Goals. Each day getting closer.
....and as a footnote, Dr. Geddis took a quick trip to the Muscoka, Pine Lake Cabin, to finish the deck we started last year, and dry wall the downstairs bedroom, all things to get it ready for it's future as a rental property the morning after I returned from Lima.
Dr. Geddis's Team Catalyst Multisport had it's yearly competition outing to the White Mountains Echo Lake TriFest two weeks ago. (Cannon Mountain) We enjoyed Two Dogs Lodge, competition, community, friendship and a great outcome for the team members. Camille placed 3 in her age group and Mark From Peterborough, Ontario placed in the top 5, missing a turn held him back, but we were all happy with the results and to spend time together, share meals as a team, have some fun and some down time. Ted and I actually got to go fishing, where a Bull Moose had swum the day before. Bliss...
Summer is here and we are on Block Island, never ending chores, and some fun, and training too.
I will post photos in the future when an internet connection that doesn't function at the rate of a snail is available....
This spring was full of commitments and joys.
Ladybug graduated from Bentley University and had many closures, with her schooling for now, her retail job at Athleta, and on to ceremonies and the title of Graduate in Global Management.
She went on a trip to Peru and her appendicitos became unavoidable the night before her sojourn to Machu Pichu. A major operation at a facility made for International travelers in Cusco, and I was on a flight as soon as I could leave. After arriving at 12,000 feet, drinking chlorophyl, and taking a few aspirin (a recommendation from my seat mate who teaches Pilates in Vail on the trip from Miami to Lima), bought in the Lima Aeropuerto.
Ladybug's boyfriend and I spent the next few days helping her to recover, and engineering her return home with the help of Catalyst Wellness+Performance Director, my partner and soul mate, Dr. Geddis and our two Doctor friends in the States.
An unplanned but wonderful trip for her health and safety. My experiences on the expedited tip to Cusco, the amazing things I experienced there, markets, the Festival of Chorpus Christie, with music all hours of the Day and Night, icons of the Saints, carried by troupes of Christian Men, dances and dancing in the Streets, cannons and firecrackers, alpacas and colorful local gente or people, everywhere.
The trip back was difficult but I learned a lot on the way home. A return voyage full of twists and turns, different types of wheelchairs at each place and for Airplane aisles, and offloading our loaded plane at 4 am, on the tarmac, down stairs, very difficult for a person who has just had abdominal surgery. Then reversing the boarding process in full. We were lucky because of our Medical status and had help throughout and they got us to our hotel first of everyone, which I was incredibly thankful for. At this time Ladybug lost all composure and resolved to tears. In Pain and exhausted.
My gratefulness to this healthy and happy outcome, our return home with her, my gratitude to her team and Surgeon is permanent, and to the people who helped us on the journey.
Ladybug started her new full time job two Mondays after we got back from Lima, and is enjoying working at a start up and all the great benefits and work perks they offer.
Rainbow girl is now a Senior in High School, her spring was chock full of activities. Her Track team experiences, time with friends, practicing her skating, finishing out her Junior Year responsibilities as Secretary to her Class, although she did the Lion's Share of the three senior representatives for the duration of the year, and AP exam, SAT's and ACT's, and she has passed her Junior Moves in the Field test for Figure Skating (an huge accomplishment, one below Olympic competition level, due to years of hard work) and will begin work on Senior moves and her Ice Dance tests, when we return to Cape Cod, and The Bog in Kingston.
Currently she is working on a construction project on Block Island with a family friend for the summer. Deconstructing and building out 6 affordable housing apartments above a church.
The Adirondack chair she built this spring graces the Living Room on Cape Cod, and shelves, and other projects are now supporting shoes, and clothing around her room and the house. She is doing great. She continues to run, and has been offered spots on two teams at Universities in Massachusetts. She will run cross country and track again next year, as well as further develop the Skating skills she already possesses and work towards all her goals as she finishes High School and continues to develop plans for the Future.
She plans to apply to her top choices for Colleges determined by the Architecture Programs they have, our two favorites are UMD College Park, which has an amazing program, Incredible and huge Campus, and a 24/7 Design Building with each student getting their own desk, and start to finish design projects, an incredible program. NCState is her first choice. (because of the design orientation of their program, the first two years of the program are focused on learning to Design out of the Box, then a 3rd year Fall term abroad in Budapest, and a swing semester in that spring. The students we spoke with were doing the Fashion show that evening) 5th year accredited licenture, and 6th for full Master's.
We got to visit all of our God family in North Carolina which was a life experience and treat. We looked at 22 schools in total this spring on our vacations. Concentrating on those that were appealing to the Rainbow girl's design and aesthetic requirements, a D1 sports program for watching events, a more southerly climate, and proximity to extended family.
The coming year will be a busy one. One I will savor each moment as the reality of my kids "flying" is here.
Casper is in her prerequisites for RN and has worked in 4 jobs capacities this year. She just moved into a receptionist job at a nursing facility and is hostessing at a beautiful restaurant in the Connecticut Hills. She is doing great and working hard towards her future Goals. Each day getting closer.
....and as a footnote, Dr. Geddis took a quick trip to the Muscoka, Pine Lake Cabin, to finish the deck we started last year, and dry wall the downstairs bedroom, all things to get it ready for it's future as a rental property the morning after I returned from Lima.
Dr. Geddis's Team Catalyst Multisport had it's yearly competition outing to the White Mountains Echo Lake TriFest two weeks ago. (Cannon Mountain) We enjoyed Two Dogs Lodge, competition, community, friendship and a great outcome for the team members. Camille placed 3 in her age group and Mark From Peterborough, Ontario placed in the top 5, missing a turn held him back, but we were all happy with the results and to spend time together, share meals as a team, have some fun and some down time. Ted and I actually got to go fishing, where a Bull Moose had swum the day before. Bliss...
Summer is here and we are on Block Island, never ending chores, and some fun, and training too.
I will post photos in the future when an internet connection that doesn't function at the rate of a snail is available....
Sunday, December 31, 2017
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