March Already...huh

I don't even pretend to stay connected at the moment. I am about as disconnected from all of it as can be. It seems pointless to go on about (again) the issues of my job, because, evidently, I am the issue. Yeah, well, we all knew THAT. It seems I have come a far stretch from the reason I started this blog, and a far cry from my tag line. About the only thing I am lovin' at the moment is my grapefruit Absolut cocktail. The rain, while wholly needed, is starting to get on my nerves. Yesterday's drive home was gnarly. The rain was sheeting as I navigated wonderful twists and turns. I poke along at about 45-50 miles an hour much to the chagrin of that annoying person behind me who doesn't understand the meaning of car lengths. Why bother when tricycle lengths will do?? My running regiment has sort of stalled and I tried supplementing with some yoga classes, but that lasted, mmm, two minutes. I feel like I am stuck in this fog of "weather sucks, job sort of sucks, economy sucks..." Yeah, well, suck it up, right. We're in this crap together and it could be much worse. I might have octuplets, for example. And that's about all the space that topic warrants.

At least I can begin to self medicate again. That whole nine months of no drinking thing...I know what you're thinking...Antibiotics, right? Yup. I only got through 5 before my liver officially said stop. I honestly didn't miss it. I seemed to have a lot more energy in the morning. Hunh, go figure. I probably gained less weight during "winter hibernation" than normal; although this morning's run would surely indicate a very different idea.

Hey, I'm just doing my part to stimulate the economy - eating too much, shopping for bigger clothes, etc., etc. Actually, not so much. Like so many of you, we have started eating pasta again. No, really. Its so freakin' cheap. That whole carbo thing was just to get us to spend more money. Don't you see it now? Actually, we really never stopped, but we have been eating vegetarian more days a week - I should say JE has been eating more vegetarian. I forgot what satisfaction I get out of a simple bowl of pasta with pesto. Its become a new comfort food. We've also been on the veggie lasagna train. I don't LOVE the recipe JE has been using, so if you have any good ones, pass them along. Of course, if I made it'd probably be better. I have to say I completely underestimated his ability to veer from a recipe recently and very much enjoyed a pea and basil soup. Yum!

Next week we go to science camp with the fifth graders. Its pretty much cramming for the exam. Teach them all the science regular teachers don't get to during the year because we're too busy with reading, writing and arithmetic. Actually, I do make an effort. I was completely stunned that my students, as we began our study of photosynthesis, plant systems (vascular), cellular respiration, animal systems, blah, blah, that they had very little understanding of plant parts. I asked them to name other vegetables that were roots and they answered "Corn!" I sort of have to wonder if I knew that as a fifth grader. Maybe not. Maybe we're so disconnected from our food that its like a foreign language. Perhaps we will have to grow a garden this spring.