There was daylight gracing the sky when I awoke, and not
the-sun-is-just-beginning-to peek daylight, either. It was full-on, "You overslept by an hour and
a half” daylight. This meant no yoga, no reading for an hour,
and I still needed to shower, too, though that is a quick 5 minute ordeal –
even with shaving legs. Sadly I sliced
up my shin again, but who cares, sinceI had
rare Bandaids from Saturday night at basecamp.
The Body allowed me to dress it in the sassy short olive dress with my
cowboys boots. Salad brings great
promise with it. It may not simply be the
cowboy boots that gives me attitude, I think my self-esteem has a great deal to
do with it and when I care for myself and nurture my Self, she rewards me
greatly.
This morning, there were so many fire engines and strike
teams rolling through that our local PD had an officer in the middle of the intersection
directing traffic. Truck after truck…I
hope they all stay safe. I read of a
copter pilot that brought a few guys to safety when fire overtook them. He was given an award yesterday. Later, I heard of medics getting an injured firefighter out. I hope his injuries aren't too bad.
As a supportive team member, it is my duty to support our kids in their trials and tribulations. One
of these took
place today when I willingly ate 3 cupcakes (well, 2 half cupcakes =1) and then
SWerner was unaware of this, bringing me another and I daren’t say no to her). I discovered I had pink frosting lightly
coating my eyebrows. I’m that passionate. There is more heartbreak brewing with a kid,
and let me just say – if I ever discover
I am friends with people who “parent” the way these parents do, I will do
everything in my power to bring you down.
Kids aren’t easy and I get that, but the lies, the lack of accountability, the blame, the shaming….
Absolute emotional abuse. Then,
on the other side (sort of), I spoke with a guy who went to the school I taught
in long ago. There have been
difficulties for him, difficulties I am somewhat familiar with him. It was pretty funny to have this kid
introduce me to a kid who does not
care for me as “the coolest teacher you’ll ever meet.” I think establishing relationships with the
kids, the throwaways, is one of the most important things you can do in the life
of those kids…at least they have a safe person.
He and I will get to see each other Saturday at a place I’ve known for almost
10 years. THAT is cool.
As a supportive team member, it is my duty to support our kids in their trials and tribulations. One
of these took
place today when I willingly ate 3 cupcakes (well, 2 half cupcakes =1) and then
SWerner was unaware of this, bringing me another and I daren’t say no to her). I discovered I had pink frosting lightly
coating my eyebrows. I’m that passionate. There is more heartbreak brewing with a kid,
and let me just say – if I ever discover
I am friends with people who “parent” the way these parents do, I will do
everything in my power to bring you down.
Kids aren’t easy and I get that, but the lies, the lack of accountability, the blame, the shaming….
Absolute emotional abuse. Then,
on the other side (sort of), I spoke with a guy who went to the school I taught
in long ago. There have been
difficulties for him, difficulties I am somewhat familiar with him. It was pretty funny to have this kid
introduce me to a kid who does not
care for me as “the coolest teacher you’ll ever meet.” I think establishing relationships with the
kids, the throwaways, is one of the most important things you can do in the life
of those kids…at least they have a safe person.
He and I will get to see each other Saturday at a place I’ve known for almost
10 years. THAT is cool.
Let’s sit back for a moment and visualize you are driving
down a freeway – and you see a car turn on its driver’s-side turn indicator
(aka – blinker). What would you assume is going to happen?? So I merged into the lane after the car
passing me was a safe distance ahead and WOW!!!
Little “Baby <3z U” in the Nissan behind me was PISSED! The hand gestures and mouthing and body
movements…Holy cow…. I rolled down
my window to wave at her and politely pointer at the turning indicator to calmly let her know I had, in fact, conveyed the message that I would be entering her lane, but she did not seem to like that one bit. At one point she did the hang loose sign with both hands and if it wasn’t for the angry facial affect, I would have thought she was, perhaps, inviting me to a luau at her place. I turned on my blinker again and exited the lane once I had passed the car in front on me (as the left lane is for passing), then continued to use my turn indicator as I passed a few more cars. She seems to slow down and remained in the right lane (as is proper for slower- moving vehicles). Glad to be of service
my window to wave at her and politely pointer at the turning indicator to calmly let her know I had, in fact, conveyed the message that I would be entering her lane, but she did not seem to like that one bit. At one point she did the hang loose sign with both hands and if it wasn’t for the angry facial affect, I would have thought she was, perhaps, inviting me to a luau at her place. I turned on my blinker again and exited the lane once I had passed the car in front on me (as the left lane is for passing), then continued to use my turn indicator as I passed a few more cars. She seems to slow down and remained in the right lane (as is proper for slower- moving vehicles). Glad to be of service
On the way home from class, I listened to Stromae – a Belgian
popstar. I was pleased to realize that
despite 20 years, I still understood enough of the French language to be able to
understand (to a certain degree) the premise of the song. I wonder if there isn’t an app I can buy that
would teach me French (though Spanish would make a helluva lot more sense). Class alone – about 4 hours a week in the car
– that could do a lot. On a similar
note, I notice a lot of readers here are from France and Romania. <smile>
Nice!
Pictures: Foresthill Basecamp, courtesy TheMatt. As of today there are over 92,000 acres burned and 7,621 fire personnel; A worksheet on tornado storms <smile>; and THIS healthy lunch!! ...After three cupcakes...
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