returned from the dead

It has been a long while since anything of substance has been written in the blog, and it will more than likely be a whole lot longer...thus is the WIMI way.

Tomorrow is the last day of the first quarter in my school and I just finished grading around eighty speeches so I can enter them into the grading system tomorrow. It has been a long and ardous task just to get those precious few kids to get their damn homework done. What I have given them has been challenging, but not impossible and I know these kids are capable of doing better than they have been. It frustrates the hell out of me sometimes to see them piss away their lives because they don't think they can do any better.

So, I was supposed to be the drama director this year, right? Direct a play/musical along with seven other classes to prepare for...pulling my hair out is what it all boils down to. As it turns out, there was not any time to do a play this semester to begin with which is partially my fault because I didn't get to ordering a play until too late and there wasn't time to do a damn thing. As a result of this, there will be no play this semester. This makes me happy because directing is not something I ever pictured myself doing unless it was a major motion picture, but it makes me sad because I now have to take a pay cut. They gave me almost four thousand extra dollars a year to direct, so now I only get two. It is not really a fair trade to me, as this is my first job and I am barely keeping my head above water to begin with. Nobody told me it was going to be this hard.

In some slightly more fun news, my girlfriend turns 22 on the tenth of November so those of you that know her should wish her a happy 22. She has been a wonderful source of strength and conversation in this trying time. I love her dearly.

Gotta go now and plan some shit and get ready for a weekend of booze and debauchery. I hope everyone is doing well out there. Drop me a line or give me a call. Chances are I will answer a phone call faster than I will respond to an email.

Peace,

Drew