Today

Today is the day I consider anti-school day. It's the day before school officially starts for teachers. It's also the first day of my first blog. **Cheers**

It's very rare to find a teacher who did nothing school related during the summer. I'd say you have a .00001% chance of finding that teacher. From the first day of summer vacation we are attending professional development classes, continuing our education with Master's degree classes, working on next year's lesson plans, and so on. But today, today is the day we say No More.

Today I take back my summer. Today, I'm going to do what I've wanted to do all summer long, but have been too busy to do. Too busy with appointments, home repairs, travel, school work, blah blah blah. Today, I go on a DVR binge! It's beautiful to catch up on True Blood, Murder In the First, Girls, and Master's of Sex. I'm a little sad that True Blood is coming to an end. What will I do without Pam's charming personality?

Today I'm going shopping! I've had tax money begging to be spent since April. I refuse to spend any more of it on school supplies, bills, and doctor appointments. Today I buy shoes!!!

Today I go to lunch. I find a friend who's willing to have a few beers with some unhealthy food (it used to be easy to find that friend).

Today I start a blog. I've always felt I've had too much to say without anyone who cares enough to say it to. So, today I say it to whomever wants to read it. I will try my best to be clever, serious, entertaining, emotional, and most important real. Today I finally start talking about things that are real.

Teacher's work 190 days out of the year. At least that's what it says in our contract.... Tomorrow is day 1. This year I will talk about school, football, holidays, family. I will also talk about struggles, fertility, loss, and stress. I want to get it out. I want to help, I want to heal, I want to keep living one day at a time.

Today is the very first day of the rest of my life. This is the beginning of a new day. I have been given this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good, but what I do today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it! When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something that I have traded for it. I want it to be gain and not loss: good and not evil: success and not failure: in order that I shall not regret the price that I have paid for it. I will try just for today, for you never fail until you stop trying.