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Back in Boston.....................

Back in Massachusetts

I am back in Massachusetts, the place of some very happy memories in my life, such as graduate school, my first social work job, buying my first house, all by myself, my daughter's attending high school and college. I am excited to see some friends which I have happily kept in touch with over the years, if only thru the yearly Christmas card.

I will be working with children during this rotation, which is at Hanscom Air Force Base. It's an odd situation as one half of those working at this Electronics facility are civilians. I hope that I don't get bored.

It's been raining since May I have heard, which means many hours in classrooms, rather than on the playground, where I feel more able to connect with the kids.

I'm staying at a LEEDs hotel, The Element, which is all about being one with the environment. It was so hot when I arrived at Logan, that I just had to take a swim in the salt water pool, at this incredible hotel. It is raining right now, so the "relax" social will be in the lobby. This is a little different than staying in Sumter! Need I say more.

Water, Water, Everywhere

How many house floods should a person have to have in a lifetime? I am up my third significant one,
two of which have occurred in the last ten months. At least for one out of three I was at home when it happened.
Thank goodness I came home from working in SC for the Fourth of July holiday and watched as my kitchen ceiling crumbled in front of me. I happen to have a handy plumbing knight on a white horse who lives next door, and a wonderful and knowledgeable neighbor who lives across the street. With the help of these two folks, the leak was stopped, with two large holes in my ceiling.
I had planned on having some kitchen renovations done while traveling on my next work assignment, so will have the entire house re plumbed and then some renovations completed. For anyone considering this, the price of re plumbing has decreased in the last five years due to a new piping product called PEX.
I now have a kitchen sink sitting in my dining room. Did I mention that my washing machine broke on the same day? Well, I guess I will have to delay retirement for awhile.