3 posts tagged “life”
I don't get it. We just buried Scott only a month ago. We're not even done mourning his death yet, and today his father passed away. He just went in his sleep. He took Scott's death really hard, naturally, and I guess he just couldn't take it anymore and just didn't wake up today.
This makes the 5th death in the past 5 months. After grandpa, I thought the new year would bring better luck, but then Scott went. So I rationalized that it would be in the new lunar year... but I guess not.
Just this past Thursday, I was sharing with work how I planned to go on a trip during new years, but ended up burying grandpa. Then I planned to go during MLK, but ended up burying Scott. So I was REALLY scared to plan anything for this president's weekend. I didn't plan anything, and it ended up being a very quiet weekend (nice to finally have one), but then today came along.
I just don't get it. David leaves behind a loving wife, daughter, grand son & grand daughter.
What is your daily commute like? What is the weirdest thing you've seen on that commute?
Submitted by E.
I work 12 miles away. Without traffic, it takes about 15 minutes. With traffic, it takes anywhere between 25-40 minutes. Coincidentally, there are 2 students who live down the street from me, so they walk to my house and then we carpool. Works out perfectly b/c you need 3+ to ride the carpool during rush hour. :) So it takes us 25 minutes to get to school.
Strangest thing I've seen during my commute... this mother who was squishing a full load of kids tried to run me off the carpool lane. Carpool had 2 lanes that merged into one. I was in front of her and the lanes had already merged (still wide, but the dotted lines are gone). She ran me off the carpool to get in front of me. Then for the next 10 miles, her kids kept looking at us, so I had my students look back at them. I eventually cut her off and I made sure to have my students stare back at her, but he backed waaaay off and left such a huge gap so we couldn't see her.
The more I think about it, the more I think I just need something new to work for. All my life I've been working towards something - graduating high school, graduating college, graduating grad school, establishing a career, saving up for a house, getting married, maxing out on the pay scale...
Now that that's all complete, I just don't have any big goals ahead and that's weird. I'm so used to having something to work towards, something to save for. Babies just seem like a natural next step. But now that I've acknowledged that, I'm more okay with waiting. I guess because I do have my next goal now... to enjoy my freedom before having kids in a year. I want to take one more big trip, a trip that would be difficult to do w/ a kid. And I have to figure out what we're going to do about living arrangements, whether it's buying a larger home or add on to this one.
So what did I do to take care of the urge? I just bought a new purse. :D
