Graduated!
Master's of Education (Environmental Ed.), Western Washington University
Certificate in Leadership and Nonprofit Administration, North Cascades Institute
Northwest Naturalist Certification, North Cascades Institute
July 2007~May 2010: English Teacher and Educational Administrator in Fukuoka, Japan
June 2010~Mar 2012: Graduate Student, Pacific Northwest
April 2012: Some teaching
May 2012: Taking a break...
Five years of my life dedicated to Education- teaching and learning: Earning money and spending it, breaking even on the money scale; traveling a lot and being outside a lot; reading a lot and growing mentally; making a ton of friends and working with and learning from amazing students of various backgrounds and ages; different climates, weather patterns and cultural nuances... the list goes on and on.
I couldn't have planned it better if I had tried. It's important to look back over my shoulder to see what I have accomplished and how I feel. I am in a good place. I have a direction I am pursuing. I am filled with a sense of wonder. I love the world and know that I have a role in it. Though I am not still sure how it will all play out, I am excited for the possibilities that may lie ahead. I am also nervous about my role, but I have to let the winds take me to the right place where I will succeed and flourish.
This is a time to clean up the pieces, organize for the future and thin out the unneeded parts. It is a time to register my non-stop work for the past five years and let go of the oldest attachments. a new decade, a new direction, a new life. But still incorporating the history that got me here. The cherry and plum trees are blossoming and Spring has come!
2012-03-22
2012-03-10
Facial hair progression
From a beard... just shaved the chinny-chin-chin
Then a separation between handlebar mustache and huge chops
Handlebar-less Stache... still huge chops
Cleaner sideburns
Goodbye chops/sideburns. Luigi from Super Mario Bros?
Estoy buscando al aeropuerto a volar a Cuba... dónde está?
2012-03-03
loving life
Riding a pretty big high right now. Probably because of the waxing half moon that I saw two nights ago... that is the part of my monthly cycle during which I am the strongest (or I think that I am!)
The end is near. Four pieces left and that is it! I imagine graduating in two weeks, delivering presentations next week and then two days before we finish. Gotta write up both presentations and then... well, that's really it. Some editing afterwards to make sure they are publishable or presentable to others.
Riding the high of future potential and the freedom that I see starting May 1. No guarantees on the job front, the home front, the relationship front. But I did some toying around in my files and boxes of stuff over the past five years. I have a lot to show for myself and finalizing my thoughts on all of that was really awesome yesterday. I am filled with a confidence and foundation on which to build a life. Hard to write out, but easy to verbally describe. I am in a good place. My last "five-year-plan" would be evaluated with gleaming reviews though much of it was not expected to be so lucky.
I am in the middle of a facial hair experiment. My hair is short and the bearded season is over... so I have been systematically trimming the beard every day. I have a sequence of pictures that I will post when the experiment is finished. I am about half way through and I have huge chop sideburns, a 1970's San Diego mustache, and a small soul patch under my bottom lip. Every time I stroll by a mirror I do a double-take and chuckle to myself. I wonder what strangers must think!
Not wanting to ride too high, I have to stay level and in the middle. But express that the "flow" is happening... I await the inevitable ebb, but hopefully that will also be tempered somewhat... and I'll go about my business... of my goal... in the middle.
This is also the calm before the storm. I got a bit to do... so I better get at it... especially if I am going to go snowboarding tomorrow...hehehe!
The end is near. Four pieces left and that is it! I imagine graduating in two weeks, delivering presentations next week and then two days before we finish. Gotta write up both presentations and then... well, that's really it. Some editing afterwards to make sure they are publishable or presentable to others.
Riding the high of future potential and the freedom that I see starting May 1. No guarantees on the job front, the home front, the relationship front. But I did some toying around in my files and boxes of stuff over the past five years. I have a lot to show for myself and finalizing my thoughts on all of that was really awesome yesterday. I am filled with a confidence and foundation on which to build a life. Hard to write out, but easy to verbally describe. I am in a good place. My last "five-year-plan" would be evaluated with gleaming reviews though much of it was not expected to be so lucky.
I am in the middle of a facial hair experiment. My hair is short and the bearded season is over... so I have been systematically trimming the beard every day. I have a sequence of pictures that I will post when the experiment is finished. I am about half way through and I have huge chop sideburns, a 1970's San Diego mustache, and a small soul patch under my bottom lip. Every time I stroll by a mirror I do a double-take and chuckle to myself. I wonder what strangers must think!
Not wanting to ride too high, I have to stay level and in the middle. But express that the "flow" is happening... I await the inevitable ebb, but hopefully that will also be tempered somewhat... and I'll go about my business... of my goal... in the middle.
This is also the calm before the storm. I got a bit to do... so I better get at it... especially if I am going to go snowboarding tomorrow...hehehe!
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