A Quiet Sunday

Hey all!! I know I've been totally MIA recently, and for that, I apologize. I don't even have to excuse of having nothing to write about; last weekend was Parents' Weekend! It went well, and for those of you who remember my experience last year, that's saying something (a very nasty mother made me cry). My classes went well and the parent-teacher conferences were great too. It was such a relief to be able to speak frankly to parents about their child's progress and know that if things went badly I could handle it now. All the parents of kids who aren't doing well were wonderfully supportive and helpful, ready and willing to join me rather than fight me in helping their child.

I was very surprised when it was all over; it seemed to sudden! We had spent so much time gearing up for it and preparing, then, just like that, it's Saturday afternoon and you can go back to your regularly scheduled programming. I definitely felt that after-event crash, a slight feeling of melancholy that I seem to always get after something big has come and gone. I got over that quickly enough to find that I caught a cold somewhere between parents. Oh well, I'm surprised it took me this long to get sick.

Last night, The Boyfriend and I went out to Sel de la Terre to celebrate our one year anniversary. I don't really think of it as one year; we dated seriously in college then broke up the summer after senior year due to my own emotional confusion. I like to think of it as a one year reunion, a celebration of our decision to commit to each other, to make our relationship work in the real world. It is amazing how different a relationship can be when you're not retrained by a college campus. For us, different has been very good. :)

Oh, and Sel de la Terre is wonderful; go check it out.

I've been cooking a lot lately, and will hopefully post more about that later. Exciting events next weekend include: Wine Riot on Friday night, the symphony Saturday night, and book club meeting on Sunday morning. What an exciting weekend! I'll try to be better about posting more often.

ciao