Maybe change and dusty books--

Today and tomorrow, I have a gift of time at work. The seniors are off on their trip, and the ones who didn't go/couldn't go will likely stay home. Two full class periods of empty room and quiet to get my head screwed on straight, to grade a few papers, to locate boxes of books I have not used in years-- I think I'll put on some music to drown out the droning from the neighboring classroom and get a little dusty/dirty.

Things are maybe a-changin' in my little world; there's a slim possibility of me teaching creative writing classes next year, and I may be able to start a well-overdue, much-needed writing lab. Still not full time work (that is another story that I am not going to write about), but work that gets a little closer to honoring the hours and years I've put into what I know and can do. We shall see. The default, if it doesn't work out, is doing what I'm doing already, but that's not too bad, either. I've had a lot of time to build classes that don't bore me and that, I hope, don't bore the kids, too.

I miss teaching Shakespeare. There's no place to put it in my current courses, and has not been for a long time. That said, if the new creative writing classes work out, I can wedge Wild Bill in there. We'll see how it turns out.

In the meantime, I have dusty work ahead of me today, after a meeting about this schedule stuff. I sure hope we can make it work. 

Have a good day,

C