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    Beach Vacation!

    Oh, I’m so excited! We are going on a real vacation! 
    Matt and I used to go on all sorts of real vacations. For our honeymoon, we trekked to Paris and then the Greek Isles (for a boat tour from island to island!), and have taken road trips up the California coast to Canada. Before Matt, I went on trips to Guatemala and Ecuador and Costa Rica and India. 
    Our recent budget restrictions have nearly ended our fun vacations (although we have visited family and gone to weddings). 
    That’s why I’m particularly excited about our upcoming beach vacation to Galveston. Matt has a connection to a free condo for three
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    Making Friends as an Adult

     Since moving to Austin more than six months ago, I’ve put forth a concerted effort to make new friends. Although I was eager to move to Austin to work on my big dream of starting Austin’s first public Montessori school, I was simultaneously devastated to leave behind the dear friendships I had cultivated over the years. 
    While I’m trying to maintain those friendships, I’m also trying to make new friends. Spending time with friends is an important part of life for me. I want to host dinner parties and play board games and have picnics and go out for sushi have people over to swim (when we can afford
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