gnip-gnop

I flew back to St. Louis Sunday for a charter school board meeting.  I returned last night.  It was a quick trip.   Yes, I am on a school board - I know that might strike fear in your hearts - fear for the children!  ;-0  Hah! I worry for them too.  What if I am catching?!

Seriously, I am proud of the work we have done and are doing.  Our school, CLA - Carondelet Leadership Academy, is doing very well and we are fortunate to have such a great crew on board.  Keep on rockin', folks!  After the meeting, one of the teachers (who was still in the building working at 8PM) made me get a little teary as he described why he became a teacher and how much he cares about the kids  We are lucky to have a team made up of people who work so hard and care so much.  Whatever you thought of Obama's SOTU, he got the part about teachers right. The are building our nation, for sure. We need to value both education and educators in order to keep moving forward sucessfully.

It was weird to go back to the cold St. Louis, though my visit did bring some sun.  I hope it stays, guys. You folks deserve a break from the winter. I got to see friends (yay!) but when I walked into my house (remember the place I missed so much?) it was...just a place.  No animals to greet me, no Ginger, no pull on my heart strings.  It didn't even smell like us!

Sure the bath I took minutes after walking in the door was lovely, but it wasn't as satisfying as I had imagined.  It was like walking into a hotel room that looked like my house. (Thanks, Kelli, for that description.  It is perfect and it is now mine).

Home seems to be evolving into where I am rather than the place itself.  That is kind of cool.  So now I am back in my happy warm space - with my animals, and my girl, and the craziness that living in a tiny box on wheels means.  Bliss.

Ginger sent me this to keep me company while I was gone.  Purle is weird.