If anyone ever finds this journal, and I am gone from the world, I should apologize for how often I talked about being tired and about my weight. Oh, and about men. The preoccupations of the most curious minds sometimes focus on the most mundane, if not inane, thoughts ( Read more... )

I'm always in a rush these days. Hurry to get up, hurry to drink my coffee, rush out the door, race up the turnpike, rushed conversations with family and friends...and today, I forfeited a conversation with my sister to come into my classroom to just sit, think and write something down ( Read more... )

So cautious optimism is the name of the game these days. He and I were faced with the unexpected move and we've made it. As it turns out, it has been a really good opportunity. Even though there's NOTHING nice about driving almost 3 hours every day to get back and forth from work, this has afforded him a chance to set up a work bench (more room in ( Read more... )

Wow, Has it ever been a crazy week. I made a very hasty decision to rent my condo to my friend and former co-worker. He made an even hastier decision to take a long-term subbing position and he ended up coming here with no place to live. I'm not sure why I felt so compelled to help him, but it has resulted in moving out in a week. Fortunately, I'm ( Read more... )

There is no place like New York City. Several years ago, I started wooing people here for a shot in the arm from my blindingly selfsame days at school, and it caught on. Now, I come here several times a year to get away to this city that I'm coming to absolutely love. My favorite trip each year is when my sisters and I get here for the weekend. And ( Read more... )

These are the dog days of summer. And, typically, the building is positively freezing. I'm bumping along. A few days into things and it's like I've never even left. Truth. Still, my schedule is pretty much a piece of cake. So far, no real problems have arisen. The kids seem nice and fairly respectful. This year is going to fly ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I just want to be unnoticed. It's odd for me to say this and I have to wonder, is it because my older sister got most of the attention when we were growing up? I was in the background while she took the center stage. It always felt that way. And as we matured, well...boys AND men gazed at her. I have to wonder if she ever got used to ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back in the game. Day 2 in the hallways in Mayfield High and this is year 20 for me. *Pauses for dramatic effect* TWENTY YEARS. I mean, how is that even possible ( Read more... )

I'm hanging by the pool this afternoon and this is my last day of summer vacation. It's hard to believe that I'm heading back to work tomorrow. I actually have to set an alarm and everything. Well, it has been an eventful summer, full of new places and things. My heart is full. It seems greedy to ask for more. Of course, I'd take as much as I could ( Read more... )

It's got me feeling some type of way, the fact that there's now no trace of his journal anywhere. I suppose I had that one coming. He knew what I was doing, digging around in his closet. He knew. Just like I would know. Turnabout is fair play, I suppose. He's got zero access to my private thoughts (THANK YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN, LJ!!) so I shouldn't ( Read more... )