Action Autumn

So, I have been not-a-teacher for over a year now. I am glad of this in a 95% way. I was attracted to the profession in the first place, after all. I like school. I love new notebooks and syllabi and all that other crap that reasonable people hate.



(Like Anne Shirley)

September this year is reminding me of the good times instead of the bad. Last year whenever I saw a "Kohl's Back To School Sale!" commercial it put me in fight or flight mode (also known as RHSPTSS, Revere High School Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.)This year, however, I don't so much mind the commercials and the sales. I actually feel a bit of nostalgia for teaching. This little sadness was aided very much by a show that we recently did at Concord Academy for incoming freshman. This school is ridiculous. They serve what Jeremy described as "the most delicious roasted chicken I've ever had" in the cafeteria. Also, the performing arts space nicer than the professional theater for which I work. All for high school kids. Crazytown.

But just seeing those freshman and knowing what unbelievable possibility and opportunity they have in front of them...it gave me very mixed emotions. But the dinner was great.

Things are nuts. My lovely friend Renee is getting married on Saturday. Only for her, I tell you, would I wear a purple dress and ride a chair lift in heels. That's love, folks. Renee is the best, and she deserves the best, so here's hoping for sunny weather.

I'm up to my eyeballs in everything at the moment, but coke zero still tastes good, the air outside is invigorating, and hopefully the fluorescent light that keeps going intermittently on and off over my desk will be fixed soon.

Action Autumn!
Erin