Watch out!!

Today, I became an official biker in NYC. That's right! I was terrified to begin, but since Dan has two bikes I decided to give it a try. We did a test run together on Tuesday when we went apartment hunting (need to move at the end of August), but today I was on my own for part of it. The commute: Insanity and more.

I had a training for the Early College Initiative, which is the umbrella group of several schools in New York that are meant to send underrepresented children on to college. They begin taking college courses in the 9th grade, and can work up to having an Associates degree by the time they graduate high school. It's an amazing concept, but my particular school had a rough year of it last year. It's a new start, and meeting with several of the other schools to plan and get ideas was actually really nice and invigorating. I can't even begin to put into words how great it will be to NOT be a "first year teacher" EVER again. Phew!

Commute home: on my own, calming and sweaty! It's been HOT!