Portland with the girls!

It pays to be dorks sometimes!  Jenn, Steph and I were able to meet in Portland and have a great time reconnecting since we were all presenting at the Association of Middle Level Education (AMLE) conference this year.  I love Portland and even though it was pretty cold but luckily no rain, which I was more than happy with.



On the first night of the conference we got to attend the leadership reception thanks to Paul, my dissertation chair, boss and mentor, and got to meet a lot of influential people in the middle level community and talk story with all of the UH crew!




We did have to present to earn our keep...  Luckily both of my sessions were in the same room:).   I got to help Steph present and thankfully, it went really well!

Paul, is always looking for live music any place he goes and so we tagged along with him to a great blues bar one night.  He showed us all how to dance and drink!

On our last full day we shopped and sampled our way through the city!  Out last stop was Voodoo Doughnuts. Yummy!

As expected, It was a wonderful trip to reconnect with the girls but hard to leave them again!  Miss you already...