Listen, enjoy.
Packing taking up most of my time these past few days. Im moving next week to Tennessee. Not sure how long I'll be without Internet, but Ill manage to post somehow.
You dont realize how much crap you have until you need boxes to put it in. . .
I quit my job, Wednesday was the last day I will drive a school bus for Lakeside Transportation, ending a 6.5 year chapter of my life that included many ups and downs. Trip to Toronto, other fishing trips. The passing of my mom, and the arrest of my dad.
Anyway, I did not mean to type any kind of a pity post. It feels weird that after this Winter Break, I wont be returning to bus 312. Ive put so many miles on those tires these past few years. Im going to miss my students, I could not have had a better bunch. Im going to email the school district and tell them that after the holiday. I had one girl, who has been riding my bus for 4 years say that she was going to move to Tennessee so I can still be her bus driver. I cried.
My middle school students could not have been cooler. But the best thing about being a kid is your resiliency to life. They may be sad, but they'll bounce back.
Now it being Christmas, a holiday I really have no religious reasons to celebrate, nor do I have much of a family obligation other than a couple of phone calls to make. Im hoping all of you have a much better time of year than I tend to have.
The holidays always depress me, and since my mom passed, I have not even observed December 25th as any kind of significant day on my calendar. Tomorrow will probably be the same, just more sorting and packing to do.
Take care, everyone. Enjoy the time with the ones you have, for it is fleeting, I know.
