Blogs from Massachusetts, United States, North America - page 129

Well I have a little less than 8 weeks until I leave for Japan again, and not much less stressful than last time unfortunately. I am still seeking someone to sublet my place for the summer and apparently the office has yet to locate any short term housing arrangements for Naho and me. This last part I am not as worried about since, they didn't find anything until about 3 weeks before my arrival the last time. However, I am stressed about finding someone to sublet my place. I suppose I still have another 5 weeks, but I really want to get this taken care of. Also, exams loom ahead and although it's better than 1L year, exams are always stressful, as they are the only grade we receive for the semester on very difficult material. ... read more

To say I am exotionally exhauseted would be an understatement. The conference has been wonderful and I feel veryu validated for the way in which our agency and approach adoption. It is hard to see the struggle so many adoption triad members have had to face becasue of the closed system. The shame and hurt that is caused by secercy. The one great thing that happeded today is that our keynote speaker was Darrly McDaniels - otherwise known as DMC from Run DMC. I was able to speak with him and of course had my picture taken! Tonight we are going to Little Italy in the North End so I hope to blog again with the details of that yummy trip. I am already dreaming of Mike's Pasteries again!... read more

Catherine, Heather and I flew out to Boston today to attend the AAC conference in Boston. Tomorrow we will be going sightseeing so expect some great pictures. It is SOOOO cold here. We left wonderful 60 degree weather for 15 degree weather! Thank heaven I will be in Guatemala next week. To all of my friends and family I love and miss you!... read more

Our second day here at Cranwell was much quieter, but just as relaxing, as our first day. We were up again by eight thirty and this time, had breakfast delivered to our room, which was done so with a flourish. The continental breakfast wasn't overly exciting, but it hit the spot, and we were ready for our morning yoga class. I've found that each yoga class I've taken has been different, depending on who the instructor is, and this was no exception. Luckily, since I've been away from yoga for a while, the class was very slow and the instructor very forgiving about doing postures correctly. So it was quite enjoyable. After the class was over, it was off to the pool for a quick swim before lunch. It was hard to motivate myself to jump ... read more

I am feeling incredily spoiled and luxurious after yesterday's day at the spa - seriously, this is a delicious experience. We woke up relatively leisurely and headed over to the spa and fitness center for our ten am aqua aerobics class. We were by far the youngest people in there, so young, in fact, that the other ladies in the class were sure that we weren't participating. But we kept our resolve and joined the class, which was taught by an instructor who looked remarkably like my sister, only taller. She taught from dry land, which meant that we had ten times the resistance for each move, and let me tell you, that does tire you out sooner. It was really a full body workout, but it was fun, and I think I'm going to search ... read more