we are okay!

yesterday around 3:40 pm, san diego and neighboring states experienced a black out. to read more, this is the article. i was at work, working on a document (that btw was new and hadn't saved), and thought, "oh, the power will just return, no biggie". long story short, it didn't return until around 1-2 am today! i must say that dp and i got off pretty lightly in terms of both getting home around 430/5pm, dp retrieving ice from the store (even though they weren't being that helpful), us enjoying each others' company, eating a candle light dinner, and just preparing in case it got worst. luckily we discovered we had a radio that operated on battery so we were able to remain updated about the news regarding the power outage. it's just moments like these that reminds dp and i... we have NO control over something like this, how can we help others, how can we prepare ourselves and work as a team, checking in with friends to make sure they're okay, and wow- how dependent we are on electricity!!!! and this was just a brief power outage. what would happen if we didn't have water?! what if there was a larger natural disaster? it just makes us wonder, and kicks us into gear to explore solar power and emergency preparation items. anyways, thanks for checking in on us. back to work we go today.

my job

in the spirit of the moment, i am overwhelmed with true happiness and gratitude that i have a job that i truly love and am growing professionally and personally in. my job provides me the opportunity to regularly meet people, but most importantly, provide anti-bias and diversity training resources to schools (and preschools) and their parents. as many of you know, promoting one's racial/ethnic identity development and also understanding our society at large through racial/cultural lenses are true passions of mine. i'm so thankful that my job ties in my passions, past research findings, AND i get to converse with people about this! even more bonus is when they're passionate too and we speak endlessly about it. yay for this blessing.

3 years of marriage

happy anniversary to dp and i!!!! we've been married for 3 years and growing stronger and happier (i think ;) thank you everyone for helping us along and supporting/believing in our being together.