Creative Meanderings

Yes, I’m back on the topic of being tired. Can you sense a theme here? Yesterday at pottery, my teacher asked why it is that everyone is always tired in this country. One of the local girls said it’s because it is summer…; not exactly a satisfactory answer to the rest of us since we are tired all of the time and there is no doubt that her life does not require the…

There is really nothing as wonderful as a tasty margarita at the end of a long week. The times when I have gotten really drunk or pass out early are when I have not eaten enough during the day. I can often forget to have proper food throughout the day when I get super busy. Yesterday was one of those days I had 5-hours of teaching, plus visited another class and was tired…

It seems that everyone I talked to at work today was feeling very tired or exhausted somehow. I hardly got out of bed this morning when my alarm went off. Thankfully, I was able to escape again to come home to do some study-work, but wish today was the beginning of the weekend instead of having one more day to go. I am not sure why it is going around, but maybe it…

Have you ever wondered about the full story of Rip Van Winkle? I have only ever known that he slept a lot, but never knew the story in full. So, thanks to Wikipedia I learned something new today. Random, you might say? Well, yesterday I laid down to take a short nap and woke up an hour later instead. This is unusually long for me. Then, I went to bed rather early –…

So, this term I was given five hours a week of what is called ‘release’ time, which means non-teaching time. This was in payment for the time I spent coordinating earlier in the year. I had sort of forgotten about it or assumed that I would not receive the time given that I had only coordinated for one year and was unceremoniously told not to continue…(that’s another story). Thus, it came as a…

For me and most of the American population the 5th of May mostly means eating Mexican food and having some margaritas. I would gather that the vast majority of us have no idea really what the day signifies. I only know that it has some important historical context since most holidays are the case. I said “Happy Cinco de Mayo” to my Mexican friend and she said that it isn’t a big deal…

Back in my early education days I was notorious for getting my work done right away. I always thought about how if I finished my homework early, then I would have more free time to do other things. It was a good foundation for entering university. I never had those typical all-nighters working on an assignment that was due the next morning. In-between classes I used to come back to my room and…