work, hurricanes, minute reflections, and more work

I need to apologize in advance....as work is really starting to get heated up and so my posting is going to go down a bit in the next few weeks. I hope to continue to be able to post at least once a week, but for right now things are pretty crazy.

Although I've been in my job for three weeks now, the student staff are just showing up and the triple layer of worker training has begun, not to mention the prep for the new students (and returners) within one week. Egad! So, needless to say, my precious few moments I have to myself I am taking to spend: 1) with my not-doing-so-hot elderly cat Betty, 2) sleeping, 3) reading books on job transition and new leadership, and 4) spending time outside. Before I know it, it's going to be winter.

Speaking of weather, there was a hurricane here. In case you hadn't heard. Word is that its headed past Nova Scotia and is now headed to Newfoundland. Luckily here in coastal Maine we just saw a bit of rain and winds and that was all. But, still, it was crazy to think I had just moved NORTH and was experiencing hurricane "remnants" in my "the ocean is 55 degrees" new homeland. Best wishes and safety to my Newfie friends!

I'm keeping a little log of things that "when I have time" I will post more on here, but here's a bit of what I've been up to in the last week. This is Roque Bluffs State Park. I just found out that there is a beach near here (about 7.5 miles from my current home), and it actually is a partially sand beach too!









Here is a video (sorry for the wind noise....it happens):