Ben and Baby

Growing

For all those who haven't seen me in the past couple weeks, my baby belly is growing. And yes, I know it doesn't look like much, but to me, it feels giant. And for someone who has always made sure I had a flat stomach, it's a bit alarming. But anyway, here is it.

Philly Thanksgiving 2008

A Haiku

Two little pink lines
A little one comes in May
Our hearts swell with joy

Rocktober

Water damage from a burst pipe in the bathroom radiator that ruined our dining room. Boo. Happily, our homeowners insurance will cover all the repairs. They start today.




Go Phillies! Phillies won the World Series and I got to watch the victory parade from the Kimmel Center which is right on Broad Street. My work is right next to the Kimmel and they gave us free lunch and the best view.

This month also took me to New York for 3 weekends to perform with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance again. It was great to see all the dancers from Martha's Vineyard and the shows went really well. It is also great that most of my best friends live in NYC now and I got to see them and spend time hanging out with them. But, I am glad to be back in Philly for a while.

Back to Modernity

This week started with my last day at my previous job, which I think you all know, I strongly disliked. I spent the last day training my replacement, which revealed all the inefficiencies and ridiculous things that had become normal to me. But gladly, I have started my new job at the Philadelphia Orchestra. It is like I suddenly realized I have been living in slow motion, but have just now come back to real time. It is a dream to work for a bigger company with separate departments and more than 7 people. Everyone has been really nice to me so far and the company seems to really take care of their employees. I love being downtown everyday and not having to sit in traffic and spend so long in the car. My title is Volunteer Programs Assistant and I have already had a board meeting with the chairmen of the Volunteer committees. They are responsible for all the major fundraising events for the Orchestra and I was really impressed with their vision and ability to get things done and pull off successful, lucrative events.
Anyway, I am really grateful for this job. It is part time, which enables me to dance more. I have a performance this weekend and next weekend in NYC with Cherylyn. We are doing the piece we created at The Yard this summer. After that, I am starting a workshop with a choreographer here in Philly. Hopefully, that will help me to plug in better with the dance community here.

Autumn Notes

Let's see, I haven't posted anything on here in a while.
So what's new? Summer's over and the fall is going well so far. This weekend, I made my traditional pumpkin bread and Ben and I went apple picking and picked out some pumpkin. We also went to a Penn football game which was fun. It was the first football game I have been to in 10 years.

I am leaving my job next week. I got a new job at the Philadelphia Orchestra, which I am really happy about. I will be working in their Volunteer Program department, coordinating their fundraisers and events. The job is in Center City, so I won't have such a long commute, the people seem nice (and young) and it's a great organization. It's the biggest art organization in the city, so hopefully I"ll learn a lot.

Ben's doing great in his work and is playing on a football team as the quarterback.

Enjoy the some pictures of the house and from my birthday party!