Almost a year...

Wow - it has been a little while since I posted. Suffice it to say, it has been a bit busy as of late. I've been teaching scads  of youngsters the wonders of marine science - waving my arms around like an octopus and schooling like an anchovy as we wade through barnacled rocks and drag plankton nets around. It has been fun stuff...and interspersed with some boating classes here and there. Gotta love a teaching job that incorporates games of "gladiator" on a kayak AND dissecting squid. Oh, and I can't forget the fish printing...painting dead fish and making snazzy t-shirts seems to be a highlight for most 11 year olds.

This will be the last week of THAT, and though I will miss the chaos and the giggles, I am excited to have some time to get down to the nitty gritty administrative stuff that has been only getting minimal attention for the past couple months. I'm always ready for a change, and I kind of get a kick out of organizing data bases and calling around for fundraisers. Nevermind the budgets and grants. Ooooooh, budgets and grants.

Now that the summer is winding down, I've realized that Nat and I have been in Berkeley for just about a year already...boy does time fly by when you're old, huh? We went driving up to Point Reyes today, something we did when we had our original rental car 12 months ago. The dry golden hills and the smell of sage brush brought back a bit of the excitement and apprehension of that other journey. I enjoy feeling settled and secure (and scheduled), but I'm glad we keep exploring...

I'm looking into finding a new way of blogging - and some more thematic material, just to warn you...we'll see. I'm a little tired of all the ads and leggy women that keep appearing here, you dig?

Comments

[Jason]

I was just thinking about how it's been almost a year since you got out here. It amazing, in some ways it seems longer, in other it seems shorter.

The another big milestone is when you have that feeling that this is a home, not just an extended visit.