And We're Back (for now)

Now that I am offically a Master of Education, I have some time to sit down and share the latest happenings in my life. If you have had the joy of communicating with me the past few weeks, I will try to hold your interest as well.

School and my internship finished nicely. I have yet to say goodbye to my fellow Student Services Ladies ("Student Services" is the new, more accepting term for "Guidance Office".) My last day at the school was Friday, but I met them for breakfast this morning, and will see them at a dinner gathering in a couple of weeks. I started understanding middle schoolers near the end. Well, as much as middle schoolers can be understood. I am open to counseling positions in both middle and high school next year.

I spent last weekend in Rhode Island and Massachusetts with my friend Amanda. She moved to New Bedford last year for school and I wanted to check out her gigs before I left the coast. We checked out a brewery, the local bars, her school gym, her office, 2 wineries, and another brewery. I flew back late Sunday night on a pretty miserable flight. Thankfully the shaking only lasted about an hour...for what is normally a 45 minute flight. The feeling of the plane catching wind from the bottom would have to be my least favorite part of the flight, although the shaky landing comes in close second.

My knee still troubles me greatly. I visited my orthopedist yesterday and he gave me a shot of cortisone. Evidently if scar tissue is what has been causing all the cracking and shifting of my knee, the cortisone will break it up and fix me. It can take up to 2 weeks to notice a difference, so I follow up with the doc then. If it doesnt fix the issue I am going to get the knee scoped and the problem fixed (fingers crossed...again)So, pretty much I interpret that again as they dont know what the problem is. I wish they would have given me the shot a while ago. The doc wants to be as minimally invasive as possible, but my inability to do almost anything physical the past few months has made me quite miserable at times.

My plan to move to Portland is the same at this point. Surgery may push me back a bit but I hope to leave as close to June 20 as possible.