Friday, December 19, 2008

Back in the Dreary East... and Loving It!

I just spent a couple of days visiting my friends in Breckenridge - where I was not shredding the gnar, even though there was a lot of great pow-pow to be had out there. Instead, I did way too much driving. I went out to Carbondale, CO, and back, then off to Denver Airport, where I had just dropped off a couple of friends a few days before. 

I had an interview at a boarding school out in Carbondale - called the Colorado Rocky Mountain School. After a few days of reflecting on the visit, I don't think the "teaching fellowship" I applied for would fit for me. Bummer. Not enough teaching, and too much work in the dorms. After being an RD at Warren Wilson and then working in the dorms at Eagle Rock, I am over that. Plus, I really want to hone my skills in teaching, and could probably best accomplish that at a public school. 

So, now the doors are wide open - and after a day back on the East Coast, I am already missing it. The coziness of the fog and humidity, and the lush green vegetation. The West is quite vast - maybe a little too vast. I can't get that comfortable there. A great place to visit for adventure. But I don't need adventure all the time. 

I am out in the farmlands of Maryland, at the homestead of my friends Emily and Loran. Loran has got himself a bunch of pigs and chickens, and Emily works in the city with a non-profit, managing their affordable green housing initiative. A great mix... can't wait to see the kids they pop out. 

In a few days, I will head up to the northeast for a visit with the fam. Christmas in Connecticut! Oh goody!

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