where cold is in my imagination

i made it back to virginia, after a weird/surprising delay at logan airport. i ran into two people that i knew, one from high school and one from middle school, on the last flight out of logan to dc on saturday night.  it made the delay that much more interesting. then! there were at least 5 people from my high school on my flight back, which was super strange. and i couldn't fall asleep because the flight is too short.  in that respect, sometimes i wish i took the train or the bus home more regularly.

starfish opening day
we all worked so hard on planning out the details for opening day and we didn't even get to do it with the after school kids. yes, i was bummed. yes, everyone was bummed. but it was snowing and matt made the executive starfish decision to not have it that day since one of our kids was not in school (and i quote "that's 1/5 of our starfish corps...", me: "it's not like they can't get sick some other day... it's winter" -- mostly because i was mad that we weren't doing it and i was sad for the kids because we'd worked really hard at getting them hyped about it).

clinton innovation grant
so, at city year, if you have a super project idea, but there is no money to do it (i.e. it's a non-profit, there's no money for staples sometimes) you can apply for a bill and hillary clinton innovation award. basically, it funds projects from $500 to $5000 and that fall within the guidelines. this year, the project has to benefit the whole school, whole child model.  because there are so many sites across the country (17, going on 18) we have to apply to our sites first and then the top two move on to the national selection process. BLING! i wrote one for a health fair to have in our community in may. and it made it through our site in boston as one of the two, so now i have to work at making it a stellar proposal for it, to submit before jan 4. so that is a highlight/joy of my life.

rotary scholarship
i just found out that i am confirmed to RIO!! (aka brazil, my first choice) so that is pretty exciting. and i'm applying to a summer intensive at middlebury to get my portuguese up to par so that rotary can let me go. otherwise, i can't go. so that's where i stand now.