Over the last week or so...
I have rediscovered an old passion -- education.

A list I belong to has been having a passionate discussion about the plight of the American Education System. I'm not going to rehash the whole discussion here...it would take days...but I will say that it has renewed my desire to get back in the trenches and head back in front of a classroom.

That would mean going back to school. When would I find time for that? How can I student teach while I'm working a full-time day job? I can't, I would have to quit my job.

Quit my job? My decent-paying, excellent benefit-having, tolerable, I-like-the-people-I-work-with job? I can't do that!

Or can I?

As you can tell, I'm not sure what I am going to do. I could make just as much teaching as I do now, plus get into a pension fund. Plus, I would be doing something I love to do -- molding minds and preparing the next generation to take over.

Decisions decisions. The right one will come to me. If I am meant to make this career change, the solution will present itself. I just have to keep myself open enough to recognize it.

There really isn't much else going on. Taylor starts school tomorrow and she's a bit apprehensive about going to a new school, even though she would never admit it. But that's a perk to having a Mini-Me for a daughter: I often know what she's thinking without her saying a word...and she knows this. I was hoping to be a ble to take her school shopping before school started, but it just wasn't possible. We'll do some shopping just as soon as I pay the rent for September next week.

Lou is still working...a record since we've been here. Today he told me that he made 38 batches of waffle mix and cracked 114 eggs. He also told me that I should steer clear of the waffles for the next few days...unless I like them extra crunchy. LOL Oh well, if you're going to learn to make an omlette, then you've gotta break a few eggs and in this case, eat some egg shells. I'm getting used to his "bare mug", but I still miss the old him. (See two posts back if you wanna know what I am talking about.."Taking One For the Team - Part Deux").

Well, that's about it. Not a whole lot going on really. Thanks for reading...you may resume your normal lives now.
- posted by Kim @ 10:17 PM