A rant, but not an impassioned one
Summer vacation needs to hurry up. I am tired and the weather's gross and I lack any real motivation to get anything done. And I ate a chocolate chip cookie for breakfast. Just one.
I went on a date Monday night. It was not bad, but not good either. Just...there. Halfway through I started thinking about my previous first date and how well that went. Not a good sign - for a lot of reasons, I suspect. Maybe dating is not something I should be thinking about right now. Maybe I should focus on finishing the year, doing well in this Econ class and getting my shit back together. After all, don't they say that you only find things when you're not looking? Right....
Tuesday night I was at work until 11pm, helping three seniors complete their DC History project boards. Made me even more grateful for my parents, who stayed up countless nights with me while I dragged myself through some project I'd procrastinated on, etc. I kicked them out at 11pm and was in bed by 11:45pm and was so tired yesterday. They were appreciative though, which was nice. And the boards look good, which is also a plus.
Last night I went home for dinner (and to put laundry in) and then came back to school at 7:45pm for the Poetry Cafe. About 50 kids were invited and about 15 of those read poems. It was a lot of fun...and intense. Kids wrote dedications to friends and family who'd been killed, they railed on society and the government for keeping them down, they longed for parents they hadn't seen in years and, in true MS/HS fashion, they confessed their love, hate and other feelings towards each other. Like any teacher, I think my students are immensely talented, but, I think that listening to them last night anyone would have had to agree with me.
Tonight is the Shake and Bake - an annual basketball fundraiser for the rising senior class. Our school's best players face off against some team of really good players from Ohio (someone has a connection, clearly) for a fun-filled game. Plus there are refreshments and a halftime show and all that good stuff. It goes from 7p-9:30p, but I'll probably ditch out early. Enough is enough, you know?
Tomorrow night I fly to Chicago where perhaps I will have a drink with Austin and then Saturday morning we will drive to my grandparents' house for lunch, etc. Saturday night is Lindsey's graduation and then I fly back to DC on Sunday to do it all over again.
I went on a date Monday night. It was not bad, but not good either. Just...there. Halfway through I started thinking about my previous first date and how well that went. Not a good sign - for a lot of reasons, I suspect. Maybe dating is not something I should be thinking about right now. Maybe I should focus on finishing the year, doing well in this Econ class and getting my shit back together. After all, don't they say that you only find things when you're not looking? Right....
Tuesday night I was at work until 11pm, helping three seniors complete their DC History project boards. Made me even more grateful for my parents, who stayed up countless nights with me while I dragged myself through some project I'd procrastinated on, etc. I kicked them out at 11pm and was in bed by 11:45pm and was so tired yesterday. They were appreciative though, which was nice. And the boards look good, which is also a plus.
Last night I went home for dinner (and to put laundry in) and then came back to school at 7:45pm for the Poetry Cafe. About 50 kids were invited and about 15 of those read poems. It was a lot of fun...and intense. Kids wrote dedications to friends and family who'd been killed, they railed on society and the government for keeping them down, they longed for parents they hadn't seen in years and, in true MS/HS fashion, they confessed their love, hate and other feelings towards each other. Like any teacher, I think my students are immensely talented, but, I think that listening to them last night anyone would have had to agree with me.
Tonight is the Shake and Bake - an annual basketball fundraiser for the rising senior class. Our school's best players face off against some team of really good players from Ohio (someone has a connection, clearly) for a fun-filled game. Plus there are refreshments and a halftime show and all that good stuff. It goes from 7p-9:30p, but I'll probably ditch out early. Enough is enough, you know?
Tomorrow night I fly to Chicago where perhaps I will have a drink with Austin and then Saturday morning we will drive to my grandparents' house for lunch, etc. Saturday night is Lindsey's graduation and then I fly back to DC on Sunday to do it all over again.