Thursday evening was the first time I flew into Orange County's John Wayne Airport at night. I spent the day running around at work trying to attend to student needs, get in last minute details regarding the Emergency Preparedness Expo and the Ready Campus Summit planned for next week, and addressing upcoming projects involving the [...]
Author: Ms. C
The Other Side of Nowhere…
My grandson Noah Jr. just turned five. Noah Jr. is autistic. He is in a world that is his own and pathways in are few and far between. He is terribly bright and full of love, yet he is isolated in that prison so many families have come to know as autism. It is estimated [...]
Yes! Yes! Yes! There is rest for the wicked!
They say there is no rest for the wicked, but they are wrong! You may think that I have finally figured out my destination per my blog yesterday - heaven or hell...well, I have indeed figured out my destination - just not for eternity...not yet. My destination in the short term is So Cal, I [...]
Where are you going?
Today I traveled to Northern Cass High School for the first meeting of the semester of their Teen CERT class. My program at NDSU partners with local emergency management folks to deliver this program in area high schools. Teen CERT - which stands for Community Emergency Response Team - is a great program that teaches [...]
Busier than a high-fiving, one-armed paperhanger!
As my friend Martha from law school used to say, "I am busier than a high-fiving, one-armed paperhanger!" Well, actually Martha used to attribute other activities to the paper hanger's free hand, but I cleaned it up for general consumption. Regardless, you get the point - I am REALLY busy. This busy thing is not [...]
Bring over my soapbox ;-)
Somewhere along the line I became the unofficial official spokesperson for the local Ms. Robinson Society. The Ms. Robinson Society adopts the well-known Mrs. Robinson leanings toward relationships with younger men without the cheating stigma that goes with it...unlike their married counterparts, the members of the Ms. Robinson Society are blissfully single. Imagine...me as their [...]
My Achilles’ heel…
I consider myself to be a fairly strong and independent woman most days - a veritable bad ass if you will. That is until something goes wrong with my car or in my house that I have no idea how to fix - then I revert to the helpless little woman who needs a big [...]
THE NEW FORTY 