strawberry champagne and freedom

hi.

i'm a little tipsy because i just drank two glasses of "brut rose" (with an accent over the e in rose), which is supposedly strawberry-ish... but really not. it's just barely pink. like that peach-y pink but super light.

anyway. i was also watching parenthood on hulu. two notes there: hulu is fantastic. parenthood is too. i have a hard time understanding why i like parenthood so much. maybe it's because i'm old. maybe because it's a good show. maybe because it's set in berkeley, and it tackles some really interesting issues. i accidentally watched the first episode, and now i'm stuck. and i don't get stuck on many shows. i don't usually get stuck on any tv shows these days. i'm not a must-follow-this-series type of tv watcher, at least since the days of buffy and dawson's creek :)

so parenthood makes me think a little. and so does the champagne. and i was up in oakland earlier today, and amidst all of the stress and craziness around finishing this damn curriculum development process that seems to drag on and on and on and on and on ohmygod, i was pleasantly surprised by the happiness of today. glen told this hilarious story about how he decided on the company's name (WOW! camps! hehehe), and i had some great conversations with my favorite people. and jen was super-sweet, and i realize that i love seeing everyone when i'm up there. i wonder if it'd be the same if i was a regular employee... you know? and puj and i had this really interesting conversation about coaching, which was awesome. and yeah. and the commute back was easy! booya.

i'm waiting to hear back from 3 places. and thinking about whether i should send my qualifications elsewhere. i'm kinda conflicted and worried about everything, but at the same time, i'm sorta excited and giddy and interested in seeing where i go next. i haven't failed miserably just yet... i feel like that says something about my decision-making and gut-trusting instinct thus far. yeah?

new-ness is interesting.