Adteacher

I guess I need to just step up and admit that I love October. Every year I feel the change of the seasons very strongly during this month, and it makes me happy to think that we are soon going to have little trick or treaters out running around and then Thanksgiving and the winter holidays that for years have included a lovely Christmas celebration for me and for my family. I love the warm glow of candles and fireplaces, and I like the smell of things that are delicious being cooked or baked in the kitchen. I guess I value this even more since we had a very difficult, long and extremely uncomfortably hot summer. I am having a great time with my students right now. We are starting new projects next week, but we have a school holiday on Monday for the State Fair of Texas. It is a much needed and anticipated day away from class to just have fun. I plan to do as much of that as I can this long, lovely fall weekend. My students are very busy preparing to attend National Portfolio ...

Sometimes I think that we are forever complaining about how busy we are. There is something that I noticed about myself after this summer. I had some days that were very empty as far as "work" is concerned...it seemed that all I had to do was to be completely directed by me. In other words, if I decided that I wanted to, I could sleep until noon and I could relax all day. That was not my favorite choice though, and I will try to explain why... I like to be busy. I like to feel that I have purpose in each day, and that each day has meaning to my life as a whole. Those days that I chose to sleep a lot and just "take it easy" are not the days that I remember the most about my summer (although they were nice every so often). The days that mean the most are the days that I went someplace amazing or did something productive. I have decided that I enjoy being a busy bee. That means a lot to a woman of my age. I am 53 years old, and will qualify to "retire" ...