There I was. Here I am! What now?

Check in time! In addition to all the deep. profound thoughts that I am posting here for who knows why, I am also trying to keep myself accountable in my efforts to accomplish a few things: lose 70 pounds more and get the house sold. House goals: The computer room and bathroom have been cleaned and photographed. The bedrooms have not. Darren has almost completed the laundry room, so we should be painting it by next weekend. IF the temperature would only warm up, I could get the carpet shampooed and finish the outside trim. Immediate goal for this week will be to get the bedrooms photographed and the junk in the man cave dunged out. Activity: Rain, freezing cold rain...ugh! Walked twice this week, but mostly wanted to hibernate in bed with socks on. Not looking good for this coming week, either. Immediate goal...maybe street swimming as the rain continues to pour down! Seriously - walk at least 3 times this week. Hmmm..maybe add some planks and yoga. Ok..make it so! Weight: Fo

"Is a Puzzlement!" https://vimeo.com/45346724 Now why, after at least twenty years or more, has this particular piece from the musical, The King and I , bubbled up out the depths of my subconscious? The King of Siam questions everything he knows and believes. trying to reconcile the world he knows with the new world. Perhaps the deep and seeking questions of some of my students this week have touched a nerve; yes, a very raw nerve! School is failing them. Teenagers are anything but stupid yet we, as a society, persist in treating them as if they are utter morons. The education system is perpetuating that idea in its ill conceived policies and band aid approached to the realities of life. Many of my students know that something is not right with the system that they are forced into, but they do not know what. So, I get the questions. Now a lot of teachers might back off from some of these questions, but I firmly believe that if a question is asked, the asker deserves an