A New Year

I blow so hot and cold on writing that I should hire an HVAC guy to come in and give me a good reaming. Oh yes, I mean that seriously...

I have to write every day for the blog for my classes and I can't deny that I always feel the pull to write more that I couldn't really include in a blog read by impressionable high-school students. But, I am also the laziest person on the face of this planet and the next, so I sublimate my urges and watch tv instead. Or read. Or knit. Or walk the beasts. Or make soap. Or.or..or...

What can I say about 2009? What a friggin' lackluster year. I would love to report that wild and exciting things followed me wherever I went, but that would be a bald-faced lie. Nothing happened. No interesting dates (actually, no dates at all), no major career moves, no exotic vacations, no winning of the lottery. An entire year of pure drudgery designed to keep me surviving until 2010. Finances suck, social life sucks, work doesn't suck so bad, but it wouldn't take much to tip it in that direction...

But I can't lay out any true wrenching disasters, either. A roof still stands over my head, both dogs are still among the living, new books have been read and new skills have been learned. So, life has been lived in the middle-ground...the grey zone between tragedy and exultation. The way it is for most folks, I guess, so I'll take that as a win...

Today finds me combating the snow and mourning the passing of another Christmas vacation. If I can survive the cold, the snow and the painfully short days for six weeks, I can look forward to another week of relaxation. As long as you don't need money, teaching is a great gig. Since I need money, teaching is a tenuous gig...but one can't argue with the vacation. Benefits are pretty good, too. And, it is one of the last remaining jobs on the planet that lands you a pension. Since I'll be 68 when my house is paid off, I won't see that pension for a long, long time; but it is nice to know that it is out there, at least in theory.

2009 - nothing to brag about, but nothing to week over either...2010 - who the bleep knows. But, I guess I'll find out...