So I Was Just Thinking

It's the simple things that make life worthwhile sometimes. Example 1: Today I was looking for supplies in my cupboard at school when I realized that I had an unopened box of Girls Scout Thin Mints. There they were just calling my name. I was good and resisted tearing open the box and having a handful right in front of my students. Instead, I waited until I finished my healthy lunch of Progresso Chicken Soup, carefully pulled out three and enjoyed them one by one. I did have to resist the urge to leave the open box at the table and eat them freely from the box. (A habit I broke many years ago.) Example 2: Another simple thing is the ability to hit the snooze bar. I love it. It feels like I am getting over on someone. Sure, I have to wake up early to enjoy this, but somehow it is worth it to be able to slap that button a couple of times. Otherwise, I would have to jump up right when the alarm went off. Where's the fun in that? Example 3: Living where I do, it gets hot. Not just ...

Tomorrow the alarm clock will go off at 5:30 a.m. I will hit the snooze button a couple of times, dreading the inevitable-- the first day back from Spring Break. Don't get me wrong. I love teaching. It's not going to work that I would like to avoid. It is the routine that I have to begin again. Each tap of the snooze button will conincide with an internal conversation with myself. 5:30 - "It's Monday. Get up." 5:39 - "Who picked this radio station?" 5:48 - "If you don't get up now, you will have to go to work without washing your hair." 5:57 - "It's now or never. Don't forget you still have to pull #1 out of bed, too." That last one is usually the one that will force me out of bed. Nothing is worse than trying to coax my 11 year old daughter out of bed. Forget it if she didn't bother to lay out her clothes the night before. We will definitely be late to school. Once she is vertical, I will have to run back to my bathro...