Soaking it up

I live in Washington D.C. Well alright, not completely true, I live in Northern Virginia. And this is what I get to do on Saturday night with friends, roam around the Jefferson Memorial and take in the skyline. How gorgeous is this?!

We've had some unusually warm weather and so I am enjoying it, since I despise being cold-which is what I've been since about October. Last night was beautiful though and so we ventured out and enjoyed our proximity to the nation's capital. I'm not sure I'll ever get use to living this close to it all, but I'll definitely do my best to make the most of it. And to be honest, I did not take these pictures, but they were taken with MY camera. My friend Jay has a magic touch and set these shots up and I am forever grateful. They are amazing.

(This is my roommate Kim and I in front of the Jefferson Memorial. I adore her.)


Besides roaming around presidents' memorials, I've been busy with work and attempting to stay on top of all the new material I am learning every day. Really though, it has been great so far. I love the people I work with and am slowly figuring out the accreditation process. And I have to share a proud moment with you all, if I may take a moment and brag on myself... on my own blog. Haha.

Today, we had a big Commission Meeting, where all the Commissioners for the Agency (there are 13 of them) are in town and make all the final decisions regarding our schools and visits. So yes I unfortunately had to work on Sunday, but luckily I did have a shining moment.

We were sitting there in the General Session and they are going through the Agenda rather quickly and I'm seated behind another Specialist I've been observing and she is next to a Commissioner. Well, they made a decision about a school and voted and moved on and as I was looking at my copy of the Agenda and notes, I saw a discrespency and really just had a question about it. Well I lean over to my colleague and point it out and she agrees with my point and then leans over to the Commissioner. He checks it and then brings it to the attention of the entire Commission. By this point, I'm just sitting back in my corner observing. Well the Commission acknowledges the error and thanks Jim (that's the Commissioner who brought it up) for pointing it out and he goes "Oh no, that wasn't me, Miranda caught it".

The entire room turns to me and is startled-in a nice way, I mean I am the new girl-and everyone starts to congratulate me and then they all begin to applaud! My cheeks began to burn and I'm pretty sure I was a deep shade of crimson, and so I just smiled and laughed it off! Even later, during lunch, my boss and a few Commissioners came up and praised me on my catch. Hahaha.

It really was just a lucky catch, but hey I'll take it! Except now they may think I'm some kind of Wiz Kid, when really I'm still trying to sort it all out. But hey, I'll take the praise when it comes... I mean as a teacher, those moments were rare, so I'm a tad bit proud of myself, if I do say so :).