summer o begin

What is it with the post office, do they honestly believe when they are no longer needed, they will be able to come in and collect a pay check. I know I have the most bad post office stories — or up there, but why does it continue.

To begin… my mail was all returned to sender about a month ago. I didn’t know that for a while, but wondered why I wasn’t getting much mail (fortunately because I forward my mail ever 10 months or so I don’t get junk mail {they don’t forward junk mail}). So that means I have to fix that, which means I am calling up people saying, “I need to check on my account.” Which is what I said to the post office adding my address. Okay, ‘account’ probably isn’t the proper term for my mail, but I don’t know what the proper term is but when I give the address, I would think they would grasp what I am talking about

So I give them my address and they respond: “Where do you live?” I expaint that what is important is the address I am forwarding from not where I live, though in two days I will be living at that address. jeez. All of which — I might add — is a problem created from them stopping the forward after I extended. The great irony is that the forward apparently got lost in the mail.

I slept in today, which wasn’t much for me, but a lot compared to what has been. Slept to 7:30 a.m., since the dogs have been getting me up at 5 a.m. it seemed like a lot. But boy was my back sore. I think I have this ongoing back problem related to driving. Usually when I drive more than an hour, it means right before I was doing a lot of moving, like packing from one house to the other.

Beautiful day — got the wet grass mowed, bought some CDs (Beck and the new Weezer), some fly fishing equipment and made my phone calls. I just realized that I am going to hve a long wait for the internet 7/12 and should have called mid June.

Time to go and will finish at the school home.

didn’t finish will start another

The Tigers

• I am grateful for not having much to pack
• I am grateful for a day game tomorrow so I can use my internet in the school town
• I am grateful for the poems I’ve been writing

unbelievably so

I am so unorganized at this point in my life. I moved a good share of stuff here, but it is all in my truck — waiting for the rain to stop. Actually at this point (9 p.m.) I am too tired to think about unloading; too bad since the bed is all wet and things are going to be soaked. One thing about being tired == you don’t worry about much.

My dog watching gig really got me off kilter. Mainly because the people told me they were coming back yesterday, but came back today. I had moved all my stuff out Saturday morning — and cleaned what little mess I had made. Then I figured out they weren’t coming back. I suspected it when they paid me for nine days, but I thought that was just a bonus or mistake.

So I didn’t sleep much last night and did not have sufficient naps today. Drives always tires me out as well. A small factor was doing grad pictures. Not a big deal, but one more thing in the realm of things. I didn’t get much sleep, since I had to get up at 5 a.m. to let the dogs out. their schedule- bed at 8:30, up at 5 a.m. Me bed at midnight, up at 7 a.m. That didn’t mesh and since I don’t like cleaning up dog poop, dogs win.

I accomplished very little last week because of that, but I did make $400. I think I will by some fishing equipment and a Weezer CD

The Mighty Tigers are tearing them up. I forget the stat for the last thirty games, but they swept the Rockies this weekend. That was the fifth series they have one in a row. Best of all they are one game over .500. That is a little ironic considering they were suppose to be way above that this year.

The plus is they are just so close to first place. I am trying to listen to the radio to see how the WhiteSox are doing. Big series starts tomorrow against the twins — who have been red hot.

If I had internet I could be listening to it now. That is part of being behind. I forgot to lineup internet, so it looks like I will be without for a few days. If I do it right, I will be in the school town.

I have been ignoring summer. I need to do some things and I am not sure if I can stay focused. Around the house: replace the broken window;, paint the trim; cut the tree/weed down; and pack things away, incase I have a tenant next fall. the woman never called me back, but is still looking. The said mentioned internet is a good example. I new I needed to do things, but couldn’t find the time to line it up. I should have because the numbers to call would be 800 and I had some time at work to do it.

I finally found a station with the game on. I think it is neat how you can pick up Chicago station on am radio late at night. I am not going to last long

I went to the Middle School meeting. I need to say once more, my school is falling apart. We have the best resource the school could have retiring, she was the middle school teacher. Then we have a one-year teacher who just doesn’t get it. Every time I mention to someone the person needs some direction the response the person has been given all the direction in the world. I just heard that another teacher might not be with us much longer and the remaining teacher is a cold fish and has no interest in being a leader. Since it is suppose to be a team, the group can’t operate as individuals, as the high school did.

The absolute saddest thing is the new Middle School English is brand new and maybe 21 years old. She doesn’t have her masters. I don’t know if she is going to be any good, but she has just stepped into a hornets’ nest.

• I am grateful for the smell of the woods after it rains
• I am grateful for a baby deer outside my apartment
• I am grateful for I can sleep in tomorrow.

sleeping through

Didn’t nap today, so hopefully I wll be sleeping before midnight. I am on another field trip with the middle schoolers. shouldn’t be too bad since we have four+ chaperones for 20 kids. Plus they should be running all around and tired on the way home. Weather is suppose to be good so that is good.

The Tigers lose to the Cardinals…so the friends who root for them will come out of the coop. They say nothing until their team wins.

Next day

I am so glad we are on the brink of the last day.

Had an easy hard day today. Chaperoned a little field trip. It was one of those good ones where the kids are out of school, so those that go are not ones that have to, so the tend to be much better behaved. But it felt like a long day since it was so sunny.

One of the things that I really like is it reminds me that maybe the kids at my school are jerks. The jokes that I make in my school and get rude response from — got laughs from the other school. It reminds me of a story. I was talking to the math teacher. We were complaining about our kids and she said she was getting tired of the kids turning their head so they would have to acknowledge her when she drove by.

Looks like I am up late — The Tigers had a two+ hour rain d

time for bed, Tigers win woot woot

Gratitude (3)

• I am grateful for good kids
• I am grateful for grape juice
• I am grateful for humus

• pushups = 0 / 100

• crunches = 600 / 700
• squats = 700 / 700
• bike = minutes

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