Here’s piece eighteen:
something slightly different today. still related to food 🙂
Watercolor Food is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016Â here.
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I’ve been working with a team in Zurich for the last year and a half. I love my team and I love my project. Even though in the last year I’ve also started working with a team spread across California, New York and Zurich and another team based in Seattle, I’ve always considered the Zurich team my base team. While I was in Istanbul, I woke up to an email that said my team would now be in Sydney. The details don’t matter but it basically means that for now, I will be working for Sydney. I am sure I will be writing a lot more about this over the next few months and we’re still thick in the middle of the transition but as part of stepping into this new story, I decided to go and visit my new team before our big travel to Boston. I originally set my travel to coincide with my work friend from Zurich but in the last minute her visa didn’t come through so I ended up going by myself. I went from a Thursday to a Tuesday which meant I now had a weekend alone in Sydney where I’d never been before. Instead of doing what would come naturally to me which is sitting at home and reading, I decided I would make sure I went on all the adventures Sydney brought to a visitor. I spent every moment of my weekend walking around and discovering parts of the wonderful city, all on my own. I also worked hard all week to get to know my new team members, make some connections, and take the first steps to settle into my new job. It was scary but it was also wonderful. Here’s to hoping this new adventure treats me well! Stories from 2016 is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here. Here’s piece seventeen:
not as much in love with this one but here it is. a bit overworked. Watercolor Food is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016Â here.
Hello! I am writing this from my hotel room in Sydney, Australia. Whoa! Australia! I’ve been here for four days now and I still can’t believe I’m in Australia! I can’t even write it without exclamation points! When I originally booked my tickets for Sydney, I was supposed to be here with a work friend and figured she would encourage me to go out over the weekend since my inclination is always to stay home. As it worked out, her visa never came through so she had to cancel her trip. After my moment of panic passed, I promised myself that I would spend all of my weekend going around to ensure I made the very best of being here. I am delighted to say, I’ve held my promise! In the last 48 hours (it’s Sunday night here in Sydney as I write this) I have visited:
I also took the Ferry to the Zoo and the Bus from Bondi back to Darling Harbour.
Isn’t that awesome!? I feel like I’ve seen so much of Sydney and I feel like I definitely held my promise to myself. It was so worth it!
Here’s to a wonderful week!
Here’s piece sixteen:
I know it’s simple but i like this banana. Watercolor Food is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016Â here. Here’s piece two:
strawberries and ice cream 🙂 Watercolor Food is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
I read Fallen because it had been on my YA to-read list for a long long time. Man, was that a mistake. This book dragged for days for me. And that’s a sign of a terrible book. The writing, the characters, the plot. None of it spoke to me. Maybe it was my mood when I read it. Maybe I’ve already read similar books. Not sure why I didn’t like it. But I didn’t. Here’s piece fourteen:
fun with eggplant. Watercolor Food is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016Â here. Here’s piece thirteen:
love the watermelon 🙂 Watercolor Food is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
These are my nephews. They are fraternal twins and they are seventeen. They are about to be Seniors in high school and will be applying to college in the United States next year. Much of my time in Istanbul this time was spent helping these boys. Sorting our college essays, helping figure out homework, making sure their college lists were completed, etc. We spent many nights discussing what to write about. Many hours going over their homework and teaching HTML or CSS or FileMaker or other pieces of their homework. I even got to go to their school for the first time and attend a college preparation event. It was quite interesting to see that while a lot changes, so much is still the same. I cannot wait until my nephews are in the US. I cannot wait to share my awesome experience of being in college here with them. I cannot wait to get to talk to them every day without worrying too much about time zones. I cannot wait. I know that they have a tough 4 months ahead of them until the application process is over and I will help them every step along the way because I know how hard and how important it all is. And, for once, I can be really helpful. Or at least I can try. Clothes, social decisions, and other daily events are not my thing. I can’t gossip or chitchat. But I can work. And I can help others work. So I am so happy to finally be able to be useful doing what is easiest for me to do! Stories from 2016 is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here. Here’s piece twelve:
i worked hard on this one but i really don’t like how it turned out. Watercolor Food is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016Â here.
Hello again. I haven’t been doing my Friday reflection posts as religiously so these posts are going to have to take the place of both reflection and planning. Last week was a crazy week, I left for Seattle at 4am on Wednesday and worked for two days and woke up at 4am to come back on Friday. My plane was delayed due to some weather in SFO so I barely made it home in time to go pick up David from school and then we ended up getting Nathaniel from his camp. I pretty much passed out when we got back home. I spent the whole Friday night watching the news. It’s been terrifying to see what’s happening to my home. The news in general has just been so incredibly, indescribably traumatizing to me. In the last four days alone, there has been Nice, the coup in Turkey, and Baton Rouge. I just can’t take it anymore. I feel like I am worrying nonstop. I just hope hope hope we get a break. Anyhow, on Saturday morning, I woke up at 5am to get ready for the ROC Race I’d signed up for over four months ago. I did this awesome 5K with 14 other moms from Nathaniel’s class. It’s something I would have never ever ever done on my own. But they encouraged me and I decided to be brave and social and I am so so glad I did! It ended up being really really fun and I am very proud of myself for doing it. All of this meant that I spent most of today resting. I’ve shredded a lot of paperwork, cleaned up my house quite a bit more and took Nathaniel to a birthday party. But otherwise, most of my moments were spent on the couch. I’d say it was a long week but it’s nothing compared to how the next two weeks promise to be. On the upside, I’ve been so busy and so tired that I haven’t had a chance to feel anything but discombobulated. I’ve been living it minute by minute and doing the next thing that needs to be done without worrying too much about the future.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
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