The most rewarding aspect of being a year-round, inner-city public school teacher is by far the look of glee on the teachers faces as we leave for our two month breaks (we get TWO a year). So for those of you who are bad at math... that's FOUR months off a year (with Christmas and holidays, it's closer to 4.75 months off a year... paid). Well actually, our pay is defered so it's my money spread over 12 months. All I know is I can access my pay via ATM anywhere in the world thanks to electronic deposit.
Today I did nothing. Nada. Zilch. Well I did do some laundry, but my heart was not in it. I phoned it in. Fabric softener? You bet. Pulling the laundry out snuggling it, eyes squinty, deep inhalation? Not today. No, today I was lazy. I was functioning, but lazy. I made and took some calls. I surfed the web (hate that term). Had a sandwich (turkey and cheddar). It was beautiful.
Back to the surfing-of the internet variety. The internet not ONLY supports Joycean stream-of-consciousness, tangential thinking.... it also can really keep you connected to people in your life. I'm not talking about the people you see everyday: "Dude that was SO funny today LOL" or "WTF, pass the peas..." No, I'm talking about reconnecting with people you truly love but just lose contact with. It happens. Life happens. YEARS happen. The beauty of friendship though, is that NO time passes. Nothing changes. Love it. Doubleplusgood. Oh- I also talked to some girl named Traci... something about Fresno... Love you Traci! ;-)
The Proverbial Bone
3 comments:
I like your use of the iPhoto tool. REFRESHING!
what's this iPhoto tool you speak of? I had my eyes done...
omg i LOVE your blog dude. that part about the burping Chinese chick RULES. I laughed AGAIN as HARD AS THE FIRST TIME reading about the monkey story...next time you will have to write about all the years of Madonna Stalking (LA! London! Tokyo!) and the decadence and comfort of Costco...
I LOVE YOU!
M
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