House Sitting

Today has been a pretty average day. I slept in a little later than I had planned but I still managed to get everything i wanted to get done, done. My class was a little boring today because we had one of the students teaching the class but then after that we did some group discussions. Those were a little bit more interesting. We had one discussion on what we could do to include a student with down syndrome, from a movie we watched, in our class. There were actually a number of ways that we could have included him in what we were teaching so that he could get some socialization and get some life skills out of it. Both of these things are very important to having him grow and be able to live and support himself as an adult. I think it might be fun to have a couple of students who have special needs in my classroom. That would make teaching a little bit more challenging sometimes but it might be fun to have to think on my feet and find alternative things that he could do. Plus the kid seemed like a genuinely good kid and like he really wanted to be involved. I like working with kids that are good people and want to be involved at least part of the time.

Anyway, now the day is done and I am spending the weekend at Garret's parents. They are going away for the weekend so we are house sitting. It would be much more fun and interesting if we were the only ones here and if I wasn't just now starting to get done my period. But it is still nice to have some time alone together away from home. Plus being here gives the opportunity to do our laundry for free in a dryer that actually dries clothes. A very big plus if you ask my wallet and Garret's. We have so much laundry to do that neither of us have done because we have been so busy.

There really isn't much more going on right now in my life. I have to say though that I really don't want to stop writing. I feel like ever since I have been writing in this blog the creative juices have been flowing. I wrote not too long ago now the first poem I have written in I don't know how long. I can't remember the poem I wrote before this one. And I have had all kinds of ideas floating around in my head ever since then for the next one. If I get a chance to tonight I think I may sit and write another one for a little bit. It feels so good to finally get rid of this terrible writers block that has been haunting me for so long. I just don't want to stop writing now that it is gone. If I could carry this blog with me everywhere and just sit and write anytime I wanted to I would be a very, very happy person. Maybe I should start thinking about carrying a notebook with me everywhere. I guess I kind of already do that though since I usually have one with me when I go to class. I feel like I just need to harness the power of this surge of inspiration while I can. In fact... maybe I will go do that right now.