Fantastic Friday- Some days begin with rain. Some days begin with late buses. Some days begin with head splitting construction noise. Today was not one of those days. This morning dawned partly cloudy with a little chill in the air. By the time that I stepped off of my front porch, ready for my three block walk to the bus stop, the humidity and temps had risen to the point where it was a relief to climb on to the air-conditioned bus. It was a large bus, coach style so, it was nice to stretch out over two seats. I was able to zone out for our half hour trip into the city and I have no recollection of the trip in until we hit Penn Station. Our stop was next and Bear had a seamless and sniffing free walk to my favorite coffee shop, where we were followed in by two coworkers, who ended up buying my coffee and pound cake. Tucking the cake into my bag I thanked them again and departed for the temporary entrance in the front of the Benedum. Bear targeted this unfamiliar door like a pro and we were in stopping to greet several coworkers as we followed the serpentine path to my office. Once here, my computer worked, just fine, my communications have gone out and come in without incident. My phone has not rung once and Yes it is true that nothing all that noteworthy has taken place today but, that is why this day is fantastic. Happy weekend!

Insperation: I was inspired today. You may be asking, what could inspire you? Perhaps the reverse could also be asked, why aren’t you inspired daily? Well friends, doing the work that i do, there is often inspiration, it may come from a project, a great interaction, a meeting, or just in something that I read… Today’s stroke of inspiration came from a combination of things. I set a meeting with myself to flesh out a new idea and during the course of reading and writing I needed a small brain break and turned my attention to my Facebook newsfeed. “Your Facebook?” Shouldn’t you be working? Yes, indeed, those are good questions and good points. Although, I am so glad that I took a hiatus from my project. As there on my screen was a post from a dear friend. A friend who I have not seen in 12 years and below her post was a link to her blog. I’m not sure why but, I’ve never read her blog before. I think that I have seen it and new from Facebook that she and her husband, also a former Gator, relocated their family from Boston to TN but, I’d never had the opportunity to click on her blog. Well, today was the day and it gave me a glimpse into their world. That they now had to kiddos, that she taught at a college, that they were still a great couple and right away I was transported back in time, back to Allegheny, to Brooks, to Baldwin, to the Campus Center, to my freshman sem and the amazing people who helped to make me the person that I am today,. All of this came from 15 minutes reading 5or 6 posts from an old friend and bam, inspiration. My brain needed a vitamin

Insperation: I was inspired today. You may be asking, what could inspire you? Perhaps the reverse could also be asked, why aren’t you inspired daily? Well friends, doing the work that i do, there is often inspiration, it may come from a project, a great interaction, a meeting, or just in something that I read…