In Other News

• Cliff went on a trip with the guys this past weekend to Mammoth Cave National Park, whilst I lounged at the pool with the ladies; he said he'll write a post on it sometime.
• The pool is like a mini-vacation for me every time, and I'm thankful for my SPF70+.
• I'm reading lots and lots. Nothing mind-blowing, just plain ol' good literature.
• Orientation is over, (most) of my student staff is gone for the rest of the summer, I have a new supervisor, and I've had a feeling of bittersweetness wash over me every morning I have driven to work since Monday.
• Thankfully my students survived, in the last couple of days of orientation, a broken jaw, stitches, a mild concussion, a sprained neck, and a flood; they're calling themselves cursed Summer Staff. I call them amazing.
  
• Cliff graduated from his Dale Carnegie Course last night and I'm so proud; it's true there's something they drink in the proverbial waters of that class every week but it makes a big impact.
• We watched "Marley and Me" tonight and I'm still crying. And the credits started rolling more than an hour ago? It's kind of ridiculous how much I love animals. And kids. And families. And love. Oh, and rustic farmhouses in Pennsylvania.
• Meine Mutter, Schwester, und Bruder are traveling in tomorrow morning from the 757 to meet up with us (and the rest of Cliff's family) at the lake for the weekend. I am STOKED. Cee and Markie are returning for each of their second visits to the lake and mom's first. It'll be a full but wonderful weekend, I'm sure!
• I did a three-hour Newborn Session today with a co-worker's 13 day-old baby boy today and I'm in love. Wyatt James... sigh. Can't wait to finish up proofing and editing the shots to upload!