The Uninspired Post

Well, it's been a week and I have not posted anything new; I am feeling guilty and thus "the uninspired post". But please don't stop reading because of my own lack of inspiration. Who knows what this post might inspire within you.

Let's talk this through a little. Nothing has really happened in the last week to make me jump on my computer and begin typing one of my usually phenomenal posts. As I spoke with my parents last night on the phone I realized that this week has been pretty much uneventful for me. A lot of this, I think, stems from the fact that school starts two days from now (for the kids in a week tomorrow) and I have been trying to cram as much relaxation into my last week as possible. I guess I figured the best way to do this was to do nothing. And so I did nothing. The kids had swimming lessons, my wife had her mother, sister, and cousin over, and I sat all curled up with my laptop and tv remote and did nothing. Looking back on the week I feel a little bad about this, but, then again, not really. It has been a very relaxing week, and after being bored for a lot of it I am certainly ready to head back to school.

I love teaching and am looking forward to another year--my second. I have big plans to improve the things that could have been better and to help a least a couple students appreciate English Language Arts a little bit more. This year is going to be a little more work than last year because I am teaching more courses than last year. On the other hand I do have a good base for the courses I taught last year so it may all even out in the end. One big thing that is going to add to my work load is that Jennifer is working (teaching dance) 4 nights a week this year, whereas last year she wasn't teaching at all. The kids are also taking some dance lessons a few nights a week. In all it should be a really good year. (It seems odd to think that this is the beginning of a new year, rather than January first starting the year. I guess that's what happens when you are a house of teachers and students.)

I think that's it. I will try to keep posting regularly (that's why I waited until summer to begin a blog), but in the meantime: Have a good year!