Leadership

This week seemed to be a work week where a considerable amount of my time was spent banging my head against a wall. I might have a graduate degree in leadership but it appears that a lot of the time, I don't know much about this stuff (or any stuff) at all.

Jeff sent me this cartoon that perfectly captured where I feel I'm at these days.

Thankfully, Monday provides another opportunity to try the Poke-with-Pool-Cue approach. In the meantime, I get to tile a bathroom. Have a good weekend! 

Back to work

A few people have been wondering what I'm doing, now that school is finished. I was planning to take the summer off... but an amazing project in my former field dropped into my lap. It's turning out to be not just a fantastic opportunity for me, but for my community... and since community development is what gets my mojo running, I just couldn't pass it up. I'm starting with a research project (in the area of employment and adult education), which led me to stumble across this:

Jeff at the Olympics

If you've been following the Olympics at all, you've probably heard about Michael Phelps smashing the record of most Olympic medals won by an individual. What you haven't heard is how Jeff helped him, and the rest of the US swim team, a little bit. Check this out. 

Cool, huh?!

Photo courtesy of AFP/Getty Images retrieved from CNN