Messi--Greek for "Middle." Born as the middle child-- and one for whom peace and harmony are paramount--I often find myself "in the middle" of my family and friends, sifting through the richness of my Catholic faith, politically moderate and in the middle of five books and three projects at once. I have also spent 37 years learning the hard way that the Truth is often in the middle, and that sometimes a "mess" can be a beautiful thing.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Who is counting?
. . .the answer SHOULD be me . . . it has been a long school year by all accounts, and the end of it has been no less chaotic, so I SHOULD be counting the days until summer, but I'm not. Quite. Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to the "nothing in the grading pile" feeling--but I'm not looking foward to the "ACK what do I do without a schedule" feeling. This probably puts me squarely in the tiniest minority of teachers. Most of my colleagues have had a count-down going since mid-April, many of them have purchased their pool passes and have already broken-in their golf clubs--but me? I'm wondering what to do with myself 12 hours a day when the boys are off playing in the neighborhood and I'm free from the pressing weight of a "to do" list. Yes, I'm quite aware that this makes me broken and wierd and whatever other label one might ascribe to my deviant psychosis--but it is me, and I'm not sure what to do about it other than to own it. And to make a list. Of what to do this summer.
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