Category: Life

Lots of Traveling

I just got back from a three day business trip to Florence/Canon City, Colorado, where I met some really nice people, identified a town’s worth of irrigated areas, really got the hang of driving stick shift (while using our company car), and got a ton of work done. The trip was very productive and I am so pleased with how it went. I also had a really good time.

Nevertheless, after being apart from my husband for six days of the past week, I am looking forward to our dinner date tonight and the upcoming eleven days of uninterrupted Spritzer Leyba honeymoon time down in Mexico.

p.s. Here’s a fun website for your surfing pleasure: Minimian created by Akiko Ida and Pierre Javelle. Be sure to visit the ‘Galerie’ (note: the site is in French, but navigation is easy even for non-French speakers!)!

It’s baby season!

Everywhere I look, friends are pregnant and/or with babies. This weekend I am heading to April’s baby shower and a mini-Biosphere reunion in the Washington D.C. area (Unfortunately, it’s a zip in/zip out kind of weekend and I won’t be able to see many of my friends and family in the D.C. area. I am so sorry about that, guys!).

April (at the right) is due with Ripley Lauren in December; Erika gave birth to Isaac yesterday; Margaret’s tummy is getting larger and larger every day; Judy just passed into her second trimester; my cousin Shira is due next month; Ranni and Ricardo’s daughter Isabela turns one in a couple of days! I feel like it’s the year of the baby for us.

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Labor day weekend

This weekend I slept in (three days in a row!),
Shopped for thank you and baby shower gifts,
Read in bed and on the couch and in the car,
Drank iced strawberry tea at the Tea Spot,
Indulged in several tasty IZZE cocktails,
Walked around all of downtown Boulder,
Watched episodes of “Sex and the City,”
Played frisbee golf (on a real course!),
Got somewhat caught up with email,
Ran along the Boulder Creek Trail,
Ate delicious sushi (twice!),
Visited family and friends,
Spent time with my husband,
Rested, recharged, and found myself again.

All in all, it was a lovely and very needed break from the Spritzer Leyba every day craziness. Of course, I am still counting down to our honeymoon…

How did you spend your long weekend?

Reaching out of stress & sadness towards peace

It’s been an emotional and draining week and I am so relieved that I’ve made it to the (three-day) weekend.

At work, we finished up the preliminary draft of a report, which we have been working on (practically nonstop) for six weeks, two days early. I am feeling really good about the whole project and very pleased (and proud) with how it turned out.

As the terrible news continues in the aftermath of Katrina, I find my heart sinking deeper and deeper. I’ve been religiously checking the news every few hours (and listening to NPR) hoping for a snippet of good news to offset the overwhelming sadness that has enveloped our nation. My thoughts are with the devastated families across the Gulf Coast, including my friend April who made it safely out of New Orleans, but is unsure about the state of her possessions and home (which she moved into just days before the hurricane).

I feel thankful to be safe and sound, that my friends and family are safe and sound. I hope those directly affected by Katrina are able to reach that place soon.

I am looking toward the long weekend for some rest and relaxation, a very needed break from the stress of the past few weeks and the incredible sadness this week over Katrina.

May we all find a few moments of peace in these hectic and troubled times.