First and foremost, Happy Mothers Day to all the amazing women in our lives, especially Patti Serafin and Mary Bailey (although between Erin and I, Patti definitely had a more difficult task). We love you and wouldn't be where we are today without you.
Erin and I have had an exciting and eventful month since our last update, so let the good news begin...
Starting June 14th Erin will leave the infant room at Hutch Kids and move upstairs as a co-teacher for Moons and Stars, a preschool classroom with children between 3-5 years old. She's looking forward to a diaper free room, shared nap time, and writing curriculum around interests of the children. In mid April Erin took the WEST-E, an endorsement test for Washington state elementary education (the WA version of the CSET), and as expected, passed with flying colors. Now if the schools were just smart enough to interview her...
Towards the end of April I was hired as the Chair for the Graduate Student Council, Seattle University's graduate student government. I'm really looking forward to the experience and President Father Sundborg already knows how to spell my last name. In other exciting news, I had an article published in Volume 4 of Magis: A Student Development Journal. The journal publishes pieces by current students in the Student Development Administration (SDA) program, practitioners in Jesuit education, alumni, and friends of the SDA program. My article is titled, "Spiritual Development for the Non-Spiritual: Supporting Atheist Students’ Exploration for Meaning and Purpose."
A few weeks ago, we took a day trip to Portland to visit some Cal Poly friends (Corrigan Speicher, Michelle Fox, Katie Gluck, and Heather Demosthenes).
After an unsuccessful attempt at Voodoo Doughnuts (40 minute line), we bounced around town, visited Powell's Books, and grabbed a bite to eat at Ringler's Pub, a McMenamins restaurant/brewery.
Finally, I'm excited to be able to get my hands dirty again in my community garden plot. Come summer we should have fresh spinach, kale, lettuce, basil, carrots, red onions, and chives.
We miss you all and hopefully now that we're consistently in the mid 60's those of you that have been contemplating a Seattle trip will finally book your tickets. Erin, myself, and the city of Seattle will be waiting for you.
Talk to you soon!
All the best,
Adam & Erin
