Road Trips

To escape the pressure of April planning, Erin and I have made several short road trips recently.

One, to Sandwich, IL, where my car nearly lost its bumper.
sadly, no photos.

Secondly, to Nashville, TN, where we found every hipster joint in the metropolitan area.




Thirdly, to Milwaukee, WI, for cheese and beer (since dubbed "cheer")




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Otherwise, I am in the process of being overwhelmed by life (compiling 'work samples' to send out with my resumes) and work (building a database in SalesForce). I'm not quite to overwhelmed because I've started doing yoga almost every morning. It's amazing what a little Savasana can do for you.

I am also in the process of getting back to what feels like me: writing, reading, creating, thinking. The last two years with RTA have been a wonderful hiatus; I've learned a lot about myself, about balance, about the real world. I miss doing creative things for myself. I miss making things (thus the increase in handmade postcards and letters). ;)

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Book Club is starting a new routine: Learn from EachOther + Show and Tell. We've added several new members recently (Kyle, Eli, Reece on occasion). So what does this mean? Each week, one of us will talk about the things we know. We'll organize a field trip, a reading and discussion, a film, an activity... whatever... in order to share our backgrounds. I'm excited because we all studied or specialize in very different things. Erin (psychology), Emily (gender studies), Eric (history), Rich (art films and geography), Eli (church planting), Reece (theater), me (architecture).