Summer Begins

UPDATE: I changed my Grooveshark Playlist to reflect the beginning of Summer!  Enjoy while you read.

Well, today was the last faculty meeting of the 2009-2010 school year. Those are always good but tiring because they bring an end to graduation weekend. I was honored and humbled to be one of the two baccalaureate speakers this year. When I speak in front of a crowd I go into a kind of fog or zone. It seems the bigger the crowd, the heavier the fog because that 12 to 14 minutes or so is a blur. They have it recorded, but I hate listening to myself so I don’t know if I will listen to it. Still, I received some very kind comments, so I guess I did OK.

Graduation was much more relaxing, but bittersweet. I once had another teacher tell me, “if you teach seniors, and your heart’s not breaking in May, then you haven’t done your job.” I don’t know if that’s totally true, but if it is, then this was a successful year.

Sunday night after graduation the senior moms always head up a party for the seniors. Usually it’s a riverboat cruise in downtown Nashville on the General Jackson, but due to the flooding the dock was washed away so there was no cruise. Instead one mom used her connections to rent out the private executive club at LP field.

It was a blast. DJ, karaoke, Dance Dance Revolution, and a couple of Wii stations made it better than the Riverboat. I may or may not have taught some guys the proper way to light a cigar, but I did enjoy a nice pipe on a balcony overlooking downtown Nashville.  Yes, I did dance a little, and yes I am still as bad at it as I was in high school. I think my final report card for the year was Public Speaking-A-, Stanky Leg- D.

So after the midnight return, I got home and in bed about 1 am with an 8 am faculty meeting. I woke up at 5:45 awake, but still tired. It was that feeling where I knew if I tried to sleep for another hour I would be toast, so that’s why I’m a little tired.

I’m looking forward to summer, though it promises to be a busy one. I’m going to be teaching senior English next year which means I have the reading list to go through this summer as well as a new A&P book to learn.  Also have a hopeful trip to see the in-laws (haven’t visited with them in a year) and my 20 year high school reunion (WooHoo).

Hopefully, with all that I will have time to post more regularly.