No Title Really Necessary

Posted on | April 21, 2009 | 3 Comments

The school I work at is really special. Today, I went to every single person on campus to get money for a gift card for our secretary for Admin Assistant week. People were just amazing. Everyone chipped in from five to twenty dollars, and no one bitched about it. It’s times like these when I realize that I have the privilege of working with a really amazing team of people.

It’s a good thing, too, because the morning started out with one of my kids getting arrested and another getting ticketed. This gave my classroom a tone that wasn’t really pleasant, and to add to it all, I got a new girl who’s really cute. There are only two girls in my class, and boys from the neighboring class kept finding excuses to come by and check her out. Meanwhile, my guys were showing out in all their macho glory. I ignored a lot of nonsense today.

I’m thrilled because I did the intake on the new girl, and I had to do it in Spanish. The interpreter never showed up, so I did it all by myself, and it went well. I think it has something to do with my plans to go to Mexico this summer. I’ll lie in bed at night and imagine myself living in Mexico again, conversations and all. So basically, speaking Spanish in my daydreams has upped my fluency. Who’d have guessed? I suppose that’s one way to practice.

So yeah, I’m thinking of taking Sage and going to Mexico. I really can’t stand the idea of staying here this summer. Last summer, I was so thrown by not going to work everyday that lethargy attacked me and I didn’t do a damn thing. Never again! Here’s the thing though. I have to admit that I’m worried about going. Here’s the fear: What if (typical beginning to a panicky statement) something happens to me? What will Sage do?

Anyway, so I have to get past that. Get a plan. Something. I also need to decide where I’m going. I’m familiar with Guanajuato, and the tourists there are Mexican, European and Japanese, so I’ll be forced to use my Spanish. I also have a couple of friends there and know where to go for language lessons on the cheap. I’ve thought about going somewhere different, just because, you know, why stick with the familiar? But then again, given how I can be about traveling, perhaps sticking with the familiar is best. I just don’t know.

So I’ll figure it out.

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