Being Positive

I read once that by being happy we make yourselves happy so by being positive we create a positive environment. I think this is very true and Eddy pointed out to me that I have been focusing on the negative this last month. During the summer I tried to be a positive influence (who knows if I was) but I am going to be working on it starting tomorrow.

Positive thing of the day: Almost laughing out of my chair with Stuart, Titania, and Sheena before graduate class. I haven't laughed that hard in too long. Thanks guys!

These are tuilps from the kuekenhoff because flowers make everyone happy.

Procrastination

Out of a combo of sheer procrastination, jealousy, and frustration that Iphoto has lost my photos and is not working I decided to post. I am not as routine as Stephanie or Sam are in their blog posting. They post once a week or twice a month and I post about every six months.
I am now officially half way through my second semester of graduate school and a first year teacher. This means I commute alot. About 2-3 hours a day down to the city and back and then in between school in the Bronx and grad class in the financial district.
This does mean I see alot of weird and cool things. For example one day at 7am I got a beer spilled all over me on the way to teach at my school. I was so pissed but terrified to say anything b/c this is New York. On the other hand the other day on the subway a group of male gymnasts performed in a subway car and were doing back flips. It was truly spectacular and I gave my first subway donation.
Since August I went to California where Eddy and I went to Disneyland. While there I was able to see a lot of amazing people spend quality time with my family and meet my new niece Stella. After that Sam came to visit twice where we have basically just played video games, cooked, baked, and lazed around. I always enjoy how rested I feel when she comes. It reminds me a tiny bit of how great it was to be an undergrad. Eddy's parents came and we showed them around our new town and our amazing apartment with Hudson river views. We also went to Vermont and stayed at the above resort on Lake Champlain that reminded me of the resort in Dirty Dancing. It seemed like it was stuck in the 1950's, but that is why I liked it. In our two day Vermont trip we also went apple picking and stopped by our favorite the Von Trapp family resort. We can only dream of ever being able to afford staying there.
I am finally settling in here or I might be just to busy to notice if I am not. I loved the people in my summer NYCTF cohort and I really felt connected to them. They provide me support every week that I wouldn't be able to get anywhere else. I only wish I lived in the city so I could run over and see them more often. But that is the only reason I would never give up my new apartment except for an identical one with a bedroom closet, a dishwasher, and more cabinet space in the kitchen. But I don't even care about that stuff because it truly is a spectacular view from an amazing historical home. What more could I want?

Starting Up

So Sam has been begging me to start blogging again for about four months now. I don't know what the issue was. I think it was that I felt I had so much unsaid that it would be overwhelming. But I decided I would start now and just make a small goal of one a week. Pretty sure no one reads my blogs but sam and steph and honestly I only read their blogs so I figure it is a small way to keep you both updated. Sam if this makes you feel better I started blogging because of your post about me.

Well I know make about an hour and a half commute to the Bronx everyday to work in an elementary school. I take the MTA north to Haarlem and then the subway. Honestly commuting is not cool or as glamorous as they make it seem. Everyday when I get off the train and see the trash, ciagrette butts, dog poop (well who knows I just always tell myself it is dog poop), and homeless people being picked up by the cops and I think wow do I miss disneyland. It was actually ironic the other day I had disney music on my ipod by the projects and it seemed so wrong, to be stepping around the homeless guys while hearing hakuna matata. I try and stick with the beatles, katy perry, or opera now, they have a decent mood and feel a bit more at place. The opera works because it is so dramatic. Best part of my commute has been a dad I see walk his children to school every morning. He is the only person who smiles at me that whole time. Sadly I haven't seen him recently.

I have seen some crazy things in only a week and a half. Yesterday at the train station I was standing next to an ad board when all of the sudden the glass shattered everywhere. Honestly I ran, I kinda thought it was maybe a gun shot or who knows what. Turns out it was so windy that the lock broke and door flung open making a huge noise. At least I wasn't the only one who ran.

The photo above is of my mother when she came to visit me a few weeks ago. We saw Wonderland in it's preview and honestly I loved it. It was funny and the music and costumes were great! Cool part of the city is that I could see a show in preview that could win a tony which means I can say I saw the original broadway cast.