QuickPost - January 7, 2011

Wow. It was a good and busy but not too busy week. The opportunities to be creative, thoughtful, proactive, reactive, and conscientious all existed. There were some times I thought I should be doing more than reading existing emails or reviewing various materials. But I wasn't doing that all the time, either. I wasn't watched or harped over. There was lots of discussion of impending future work (lots!) and lots of talk of opportunity. And I didn't cause any big trouble, yet.

QuickPost-December 31, 2010-January 1, 2011

Accustomed to the solitary hibernation of Koyuk (AK), I settled in to my new apartment (as of 4 hours ago) for New Years Eve. I put on my pajama pants as fireworks crackled outside. At midnight, when the sounds of fireworks increased exponentially in quantity, I found myself leaning over the heater and looking our my very own bedroom window at no less than 7 distinct fireworks displays. I stared for a while, as my eyes glittered and I began to feel pretty good about living in this place that's small for a city but surely big enough for this small-town girl.