Dan’s Delights 4/28-5/4

Helloooooooo! :)

Mayhaps I just start releasing this on Tuesday hahaha, just give myself one day of grace cause it seems I can’t figure out how to get this all posted mondays. Anyway…

Happy Week ahead as it’s finally time to stop planning for having kids on site and just have them already. Time to see how all this planning and prep work of schedules and the educational team actually join together to make a memorable experience for the students that join our Outdoor School. This opening week is just a 3 day program so it’s enough time for chaos to ensue and also just short enough it serves as a great segue route for the staff as to what full weeks will feel like.

As for other happenings in life, I have recently started a 100 day journal series alongside my best friend Jay where we are following along in Suleika Jaouad’s new collection of prompts The Book of Alchemy. Each day we read a small essay and then journal on the prompt that comes out of that essay. At some point in the day we check in with each other letting the other know our prompt is complete for the day and occasionally we may share a line or two from what we wrote, but most other times it’s just about having the accountability pattern in  completing a project together. It’s been a great thing to have scheduled into my nightly routine and I’m already finding lots of patterns in my thoughts. Patterns that i was pretty sure already existed but it’s a more real feeling to see them all dictated onto paper right in front of me.

Okay, it’s time to move on to the delights of the week. I got bread in the oven that I got to make sure I have all this wrapped up so I can attend to it. 

- Staff Training week last week started with the most favorite of all days… HR Day!!! Yay paperwork and lots of talking. Honestly, not that bad. Especially when I can take that meeting from the floor next to this guy. 

- A simple final evening before heading up to camp for the next few days for on-site staff training. I’ve enjoyed spending time with the flowering tree. I should learn its name but so far it’s been fun to observe as my pink and white flowery friend.

- A few sights from camp. :)

- Also like the camp food this week with our new chef!!! My goodness we were eating so good last week! Falafel, Lasagna, Mushroom Burgers, Egg Quesadillas, Shrimp, Ratatouille, I mean I should’ve taken more photos cause my golly goodness there were so many delights inside of every bite. 

- While doing my morning reading I noticed my hair shadow dancing on my book pages. It felt like a gentle reaffirmation of my existence and presence to make impacts on the world, no matter how small. This also had me paying more attention to my hair throughout the day and I’m noticing more grays… My salt and pepper era is inbound.

- The happiest of sunsets around town. It’s a joy to be around Ashland when all the hills are green!

- I saw a lovely Ashland fringe festival performance of the AMAMZING show “Over The Garden Wall”. If you don’t understand any of this, well that’s okay. We can plan you education time for Late October when the cider is fresh pressed and the autumn colors fall. Until then start to educate yourself on some rock facts. They are always good to have around. 

- AFC WIMBLEDON IS IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!! This seasons has been stressful as someone who can only watch the games via highlight reels and following along google updates. But after a near end of season collapse, we have found the stride again and we now get to move into the playoffs to go for a shot at promotion to league 1. The next two weekends will be clutch football time as we are making the case for us to go to Wembley for the playoff final, and I’ll be biting my nails each Saturday morning as I listen to the radio call of the games. Also I found this lovely film photo account of a fan of the team that I’ve been delighting in recently!

- Also GO STARSSS!!! (I realize my sports fandom is very oddly concentrated in a variety places) but wow oh wow what a game 7 this was. The Avalanche were a spectacular team and I really thought they were gonna push Dallas aside after their 2-0 lead in the 3rd period, but the former Avs star Mike Rantanen showed up in a big way with a a hat trick in the final period to seal the series victory! 

- Also just had lovely phone calls with friends and family this week so so happy. Thanks to everyone who said hellloooooo.

Okay, I’m out of time, it’s time to head up to camp :) 

Much Love to you all and if you want to share your delights of the week my inbox is open and ready to delight with you! 

All the love,

Dan