Today is my birthday. And today is Mardi Gras. So I could really celebrate. However, I rarely drink and do not like to 'party.' Instead, I take this as a time to look inside and evaluate the changes I've been through so far. I am ready to move on. It is time for the next chapter, the next adventure, the next new thing.
The next thing is Lent and how to use it. Learning to control impulses and do what is right and necessary will be of the most benefit to my health and welfare. Every day I will remember 'I have a choice. I can be in control.'
And that's a Fat Tuesday if ever there was one.
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24 February 2009
31 January 2009
Am I in my own bad movie?
Of course, I knew one day it would happen. My quiet boring life would meet with the ghosts of my past. Namely, my college days would return and remind me of who I used to be.
Friends and students have heard me allude to my 'idiot college boyfriend.' He has not returned (and I'm not asking him to. Stay away Mikey, please.) But I have not talked about college in a very detailed way. It's much like the motto of FIGHT CLUB- the first rule of college theatre is 'don't talk about college theatre.' So I have rarely said much.
Now, as in yesterday, I joined a Facebook page for SRU theatre alumni. Oh, the stories! Oh, the memories!
What happened to the me who attended college? The girl who laughed with friends and had a boyfriend (boyfriend is a juvenile term when one is my age.) Where is the girl I used to be? Why and when did I get old? Is 48 really old?
And of course, this all comes back to changing my life. The small town near nothing and nowhere is ageing me. It has taken 15 years of my adulthood and left me with actual scars.
So goodbye to the grey hairs, the extra pounds, the non-life.
Thank you Miller Aud. (and it was odd) for reminding me that life is not a dress rehearsal. Time to live. (Don't worry. I'm not going to do something crazy like quit my job or hook up with a stranger. I am going to take control and make things happen.)
Friends and students have heard me allude to my 'idiot college boyfriend.' He has not returned (and I'm not asking him to. Stay away Mikey, please.) But I have not talked about college in a very detailed way. It's much like the motto of FIGHT CLUB- the first rule of college theatre is 'don't talk about college theatre.' So I have rarely said much.
Now, as in yesterday, I joined a Facebook page for SRU theatre alumni. Oh, the stories! Oh, the memories!
What happened to the me who attended college? The girl who laughed with friends and had a boyfriend (boyfriend is a juvenile term when one is my age.) Where is the girl I used to be? Why and when did I get old? Is 48 really old?
And of course, this all comes back to changing my life. The small town near nothing and nowhere is ageing me. It has taken 15 years of my adulthood and left me with actual scars.
So goodbye to the grey hairs, the extra pounds, the non-life.
Thank you Miller Aud. (and it was odd) for reminding me that life is not a dress rehearsal. Time to live. (Don't worry. I'm not going to do something crazy like quit my job or hook up with a stranger. I am going to take control and make things happen.)
31 May 2008
School is out
Another year has ended. Ok, another SCHOOL year has ended. It is with pleasure I say "goodbye" and "good luck" to several seniors. They are going to need it. Not having studied or completed assignments unassisted, they now advance on the work force and possibly higher education, incapable of succeeding.
Why did this happen?
We, the teachers, have tried to give assignments geared to thinking and solving problems. And students have resisted. And we have relented and helped.
Failure is not an option. If a student fails we must be able to explain why. What did we do to help?
Who do the students answer to? Themselves. Seniors believe they are now adults and do not have to follow anyone else's orders.
(You know that attitude is really going to be helpful in the work and education worlds.)
So, to all those students out there who don't need anyone and refuse to follow orders and listen to their superiors, I say this: learn how to fill out those govenment forms for Welfare, AFDC, unemployment and indigent medical care. Maybe the people in those offices will help you- maybe.
Why did this happen?
We, the teachers, have tried to give assignments geared to thinking and solving problems. And students have resisted. And we have relented and helped.
Failure is not an option. If a student fails we must be able to explain why. What did we do to help?
Who do the students answer to? Themselves. Seniors believe they are now adults and do not have to follow anyone else's orders.
(You know that attitude is really going to be helpful in the work and education worlds.)
So, to all those students out there who don't need anyone and refuse to follow orders and listen to their superiors, I say this: learn how to fill out those govenment forms for Welfare, AFDC, unemployment and indigent medical care. Maybe the people in those offices will help you- maybe.
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