photo sunday

I know how much everyone enjoys a good photo montage. This one is of a trip we went on to Yosemite in the summer of 2004, shortly before we moved from CA back to MA. The people in the top row are our very good friend from SF who went with us to Yosemite and also drove with us from CA to MA just for fun (???) and me! In the next row is Ranger Dave, and in the bottom row, the people are M and me (my hair looks a little funny in that one).

Have a great day!!

Almost there!

Update 3/23/06!

Thanks you all of you, I'm getting closer and closer to my 'required' goal every minute! I need to raise about $175 more to ensure my spot on the trip! THANK YOU!!!

Thank you all for your support! It really means a lot to me! :)

Clandestine's Big Announcement!
I've been particularly excited to make this announcement here because I know how strongly a lot of my blogging friends felt about the damage done by the hurricane and how much we all wanted to help. A lot of people have forgotten all about the devastation, but I know YOU haven't. Even if you can't help financially, I want you all to know how excited I am for this opportunity and how much I appreciate the support I know I'll receive from my blogging friends!

In May, I will be travelling to Louisiana with Habitat for Humanity. I will be building houses alongside people who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina. I am excited to be able to help people who have been waiting so long for their homes to be rebuilt!

I can't do this without your help, though!

The people who will benefit from my trip are people who lost their homes in the hurricanes. Even now, so many months later, many people are living in tents and trailers, other states and in hotels, because their homes are uninhabitable.

In order to help, I need to raise money. Every little bit brings me closer to my goal! The fee for my trip is $800, and I also will provide my own transportation.

Thanks for helping me build houses and hope in Louisiana!



Thank you for your support, be it financial, emotional or both! I love my blogging friends!! xoxo

photo SUNDAY!

In the summer of 2004, I brought 16 teenaged girls to Maui on a GS trip (when I was working there). We stayed at a GS camp and did just about everything you could think to do. This is a picture of my cabin. There were peacocks that walked around in the morning, and it rained practically every night. But during the day it was HOT!

This is a view from the top of Haleakala (I don't know if I spelled that right), the volcano on Maui that is also a national park. We drove our mini vans up to the top and this was the view! Isn't it neat that we were above the clouds??


This is a picture of a volcano's lava that has hardened. I thought it was neat how you could tell that it ran into the ocean when it erupted...

i'm taking a mental health day today. nothing too dramatic. but i did a lot of thinking on the bus ride to/from ny and realize that i need to figure out what i want to do with my life and do it. this corporate nonsense is not for me. i need my day-to-day work life to make a positive difference for humanity. i mean, my job is fine for now, but it's not fine forever. and, my heart longs to go back to camp life. it's sick, i know, but that's what calls me. and really - if you think of people who are truly successful, they're people who work at something they feel passionate about. and i do not, suprisingly, feel passionate about taxes. so we'll see what i come up with today. i am planning on working on my resume and cover letters, posting my resume at some camp job sites and things like that. i also need to decide whether i am brave enough to work at camp this summer if i don't have a full-time job by then. and, whether or not i want to be a teacher. everyone tells me i should be a teacher. what if they're all seeing something that i don't?

what do you think?