The unthinkable has happened, I am sick. Actually I was surprised that I was able to last this long without catching a cold. (I guess knocking on wood be a little too late already) Its a big improvement from last year since I was perpetually sick from about November all the way to March. It didn't help that we had air conditioning last year too. But here I am, coughing into my elbow and constantly trying to blow out some "bad stuff." It doesn't help that the weather lately has been really chilly at a whopping 60 degrees. Brrrrrrrr....
Through some acts of nature, a historic figure, and DOE school calendar I was some how able to receive a 5 day weekend. "Lucky," you say? YES and NO. The weekend had an unexpected start with a high wind warning canceling all public schools from Kauai to Lanai. Then with Martin Luther King Jr. day on the other end of the weekend it was extended to a 4 day. And it just so happens that a school waiver day fell on that following Tuesday, making it a grand total of 5 days of no school. Most of my friends had the same days off, (Sorry Joel) so we made sure we didn't waste it.
One highlight of the weekend was the movie, "Slumdog Millionaire." And awesome story about a street urchin kid who grows up to go on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" and is able to make it all the way to the top. But soon after is accused of cheating because there would be no possible way that an orphaned child, with no schooling, could possibly have enough trivial knowledge to answer all the questions correct. Well he does and the movie is pretty much based on the flashbacks of this guy trying to justify how he knew the answer. Some crazy images of Mumbai and other areas in India with mental etchings of the man's experiences. It is definitely worth seeing, with a little treat at the end. : P
Highlight moment number 2, my Tenure Party! Well not full a blown party but just a get together with friends and our favorite inexpensive past time, board games! Its been a couple of years now but for some reason, rather than going out to the clubs or the bars, a group of us would rather have wine and cheese with a game of Cranium or something. Could it be that we're getting old? If old means that its harder to sit down/stand up, getting tired before 10 pm, being concerned about one's health, getting irritable listening to loud music, hot tea tastes so good, or listening to the oldies station to reminisce... then YES I am getting old.
What happened to those days where you work at your part time job at a fast food restaurant, come home to take a shower, see a movie, play pool, make a run to Jack-in the-box, hang out watching MTV at a friend's house only to stumble home at 4 in the morning to do it all over again? To be young again... or a bum. *sigh
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