Fabulous to get away...

I just came back from vacation...my 2 vacations that is! First I was off to a Bellydance cruise, organized by Hip Expressions (thanks guys for a great time!!!), that left Tampa and went to the Grand Cayman Islands and Cozumel, Mexico! I had never been to either of those islands and it was outstanding. First, the people I was with were fantastic, some old friends and I made some new ones! I took bellydance and several drum classes and got to use what I learned in our sing-a-longs and hallway gihad jams!!! Thanks Carmine for the emergency hafla jam card...it will come in handy!

I think the highlight for me was when I was swimming with dolphins in Mexico! I was a little apprehensive at first, the things are nearly 500lbs and more, but it turned out to be really fun!!!

Then I came back to 60 degree weather in NY! It was only slightly cooler than where I had just left! To the later get on a bus to Mont Sutton! It was a bit of a shock, but I had an 8+ hr bus ride to get acclimated. It was an awesome 4 days snowboarding up there. This is my 7th trip on the Cooper Union Alumni Ski Trip (and no I didn't go to Cooper). Going there is like going home! I've only been back one day and I miss it already!

Ah...now back to the grind!

what a great weekend!

Good morning!!

I had an awesome weekend =) I drove up to New Hampshire on Friday night...the trip was suppose to take 4 hours and 40 min and I made it in just under 4 hours (left the house at 7:50pm and got there at 11:45pm and I stopped for gas!!)

I spent the weekend haning out with friends that I haven't seen in a while and took classes on drumming (finger snaps, slaps, rolls, etc.) *thanks Dwayne* and chain mail - byzantine style *thanks Koki*.

Then I went snowboarding at Wachusett Mountain in MA and was practicing my turns...I have a hard time transitioning to my toe edge and have the tendency to ride my heel. So this was an opportunity for me to practice and the conditions were great. It was a nice even slope...and it was warm (37 degrees F).

Then I drove to Boston and hung out and had dinner with a friend that I haven't seen in 3 years! It was really nice to get back in touch with friends =)

I hope everyone else had a great weekend!

Happy Monday,
Gina

Switching seasons?

What's up with the wonky weather? One day it's a blizzard, then rain, then 45 and sunny, then cold and crisp, then snow again? I wish it'd either just stay cold...or stay warm. The up and down is playing games with my head!

I had a nice relaxing (kinda) weekend. I pretty much stayed in...and worked on my test...YES...I stayed in and studied, researched, slept in late =) It was a change from my normal routine and it was quite rejuvinating.

I'm pretty happy with myself because after not going to the gym for over a month (between travelling and just working late) I finally got to the gym 2 days last week...and I'm planning on leaving soon and going tonight. Then there's the tentative plan to go on Wed & Thurs. Then Friday, I leave for WA to see H and company and go SNOWBOARDING.

I didn't stay in all weekend...did get a chance to hang out with my bf and his friends Saturday night...stayed out way too late...and even made tentative plans to go snowboarding again, before the season ends, at Thunder Ridge in Patterson, NY. Anyone ever been? I looked it up and it's only 45min or so from me!

So...getting my head into school and trying to get everything set for graduation in May.

To do list is long, but I did finish that scarf I made for my cousin for her birthday...I'm going to mail it to her tomorrow.

-Still thinking about the AD&D game...a friend wants me to run a game for a bunch newbies (one shot deal) so I have a few pre-made games "Dark Sun"...that I might just do that to get a feel of running a game...then continue to work on my world for my normal AD&D group.

-I want to teach a class at the BBM EKU. I just am not sure of the topic as of yet. Do something I've done before or something new that I had written up? Still thinking about it.

-trying to get in as much snowboarding as possible before it gets warm *g*

-need to organize/clean house....I'm just never there. It's on the list...just don't know when I'm going to get to it.

There's tons more that I can ramble here about, but I'll stop now. I've got to go to the gym! It's paying off b/c I lost another 4 lbs!