This morning, I took four two-year-olds on a walk to a Harvard courtyard to roll and explore on the ivy-covered hills. It was messy and beautiful and pretty well summed up what it is I love about my job. I ate a delicious lunch with a good friend, followed by a nap by the riverway. My afternoon was cohesive and loving and fun. My evening was ( Read more... )

Heeey...remember when you were in college and intellectual dialogue was a graded requirement? Remember when you graduated college, entered the workforce, and spent a little too much time discussing why management hasn't restocked the paper towels ( Read more... )

For all of my ECE buddies out there - if you ever get the chance to see Jeanine Fitzgerald speak, do it. I saw her for the second time at a staff training this morning, and she's amazing. Got to sit and have lunch with her as well...just an incredibly intelligent, insightful, and down to earth educator and researcher. :)

Also - Oliver Sacks was on ( Read more... )

Where did you begin 2008
In Randy's car, driving down Mass. Ave :)

What was your status by Valentines Day?
I was making handmade Valentine's and then passing them out to grade school children. Pretty typical, actually.

Were you in school anytime this year?
Pretty much constantly.

Did you have to go to the hospital?
I went to B&W and Children's just ( Read more... )

Mice make me happy. Shopping with Arthur makes me happy. Enchiladas make me happy.

My schedule as of late makes me...zzzzzzzzz.

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When two people go from being "friends" to being "neighbors", you really both just start to look like stalkers.

In other words, I'm not positive I will ever get used to running in to Arthur and Casey at Tedeschi's while I'm carrying generic peanut butter and frozen waffles and knocking down nearly an entire rack of Milano cookies while searching for ( Read more... )

Does anyone need a love seat that folds out in to a bed? Or dishes? Or...a computer chair? A small desk ( Read more... )

I'm a big fan of coloring books and cheesy bacon fries, but by and far, the best birthday gift I got was simply the words "Hi Jen!".

:-D

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I'm on some sort of a tear this evening. Is there a word for the opposite of "nesting"?

Everything needs to come down and, in some weird way, I think I need a cigarette.

It's all brain chemistry. Us psychology types find an odd sort of comfort in that.

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I feel it's commonly thought that social skills can be measured on a spectrum of sorts. I'm beginning to suspect the actuality may be more circular. Really, I'm wondering if social retardation may be closer to social grace than we think, if only the correct pathways are looked at ( Read more... )