Ticket Booked.

Well, I have my ticket booked to return home for the holidays. I'll be making my departure down there on Dec. 18 and my return is expected (although not yet bought) Jan 1, 2009. So i should have about 2 weeks to spend time with all the people I love and miss from the SoFla area. I have to say, I'm rather excited. I've actually always wanted to be able to come "home for the holidays" so its pretty exciting to me.

As it gets closer I'll start talking to everyone to see what the best dates are to see people. I do know that I'm probably spending Christmas Ev, Day and Post in Orlando. So other than those days I'm pretty free.

I look forward to seeing everyone in December!

Finally Starting

On Tuesday I finally began my internship site. And by that I mean I went to orientation. It's interesting working for such a huge facility. I've never worked somewhere so large. The site, Tewksbury State Hospital is a government funded facility for those that need specialized long term care, or for those that have no benefits. It's an interesting place and I can already tell that I am going to learn a lot. I'm a little nervous about working with adults, but it was the same thing when I started working with kids, and I loved that. One thing is for sure, I'll either love it, or I'll go back to working with kids. I'm so interested to see how its all going to unfold.

I'm most excited about the space we have. My site supervisor is really nice and encouraging and I look forward to working with her. Just today I started to get excited about all the possibilites of the space and the site.

There'll be more updates as I learn more.

Apple Picking

(Our Bounty)

I've heard in these parts that a big part of fall time is going apple picking. Today James and I had some free time to get out on the bike and go out and try this festive activity. We picked a small orchid, but it had numerous types of apples: Gala, McIntosh, Honey crisp, Red Delicious and many more. We took home a peck, which is 10 lbs. of apples, the smallest you can take. To get to where the apples are you park your car (or in our case the motorcycle) at the farm stand and then they give you a hay ride out to the orchid. The best part was trying different apples as we walked along. Neither of us knew much about apples, but we got a good lesson today. It felt like being in the garden of Eden; picking from such an abundant selection.

(James and I on the hay ride out)

(Trying to decide which apples I want)
(James carrying our peck of apples in the orchid)

School Update

What to see what I've been up to in school? Come see my other blog, which is really for documentation purposes, but it gives you an idea of some of the work I've been doing.

http://arttherapyart.blogspot.com/

Here is a resent image of one of my last projects.
http://arttherapyart.blogspot.com/2008/09/bindle-stick.html

Other than making art, I do lots of reading. It's really great though, and I'm enjoying the whole experience.

Dad's Visit

Labor day weekend my dad came up to pay me a visit. I was really surprised that he made the journey since he doesn't like flying anymore. But as he promised, he flew up and spent 4 days up here. We had a great time.

The first day he arrived we just went to dinner and then he went back to his hotel (which he insisted on). The next day we went to the historical Minute Man Park in Lexington. He loved hearing about the history of this country (a true military man). The third day we spent driving around in Boston. Yes, we drove, which is crazy, because the streets are always full and Boston is known as a walking city. After seeing the sites we all made it an early day, and I said my good-byes. The last day dad prepared to leave.

I really enjoyed his company and so did James (my partner not dad). After my dad returned home he ordered us a table and chairs for the front porch of our house so that we could have somewhere nice to sit. What a sweet guy, thanks dad.

Arlington Town Day Festival

The event started Friday evening with an Arlington's Best Dog Show. It was quite a site. I've never seen a dog show in person before.

The evening ended with a beautiful fireworks display.

And the following day, on Saturday, the fun really began. There was an all day event . The town blocked off the main street, Mass Ave., for vendors of all kinds. Above is a picture of me at a historical site where there were historians in costumes. We also saw a K-9 demo from our neighbor who is a K-9 police officer.

We really feel lucky to live in such a nice little town.

Last year's project - Update

In an effort to spend half the year traveling James and I have been working on promoting our motorcycle journal website full of travel info. and motorcycle specifics. While the site is up, its still a work in progress. You can check it out at:
www.jjriders.com

Also, we put up a video we made from some of pictures from our cross country trip. If you haven't seen it yet, its pretty cute. I've watched it probably a hundred times now. Its also especially good if you like Jonny Cash. Check it out and enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxyoeVHoQ