The summer is drawing to a close. I’ve made the most out of it, as the calendar below shows. Below that, I’ve updated the last week, which has found me too busy to blog…likely to be the case again for a while after tomorrow, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
8/27. I met with Dave in Queens at a restaurant called “Mundo”. We got halloumi, spinach and cheese, one other dish, and sangria. I bought it all, happy to know that I will not be bullied financially by Felicia anymore. Thanks go to my dad and Dave for the legal counsel. An end to her psychotic interference in my life is forthcoming!
8/28 The English Department met at BCSM at 9am until 12, and it was pretty productive. I stayed there until 6 getting stuff done.
8/29 I worked for a while, then went to the Theater district with mayer to try to win tickets to Wicked. Alas, we lost.
8/30 & 8/31 Orientation at school. I got most everything I needed to get done accomplished, save for making copies and the unpacking of a few boxes. It did require me to be there until 9pm, though, the latest I’ve ever been in the building…ugh.
9/1 Every single student who had said they were going to Coney Island flaked, but Kristin and I actually ended up enjoying ourselves more because of that. We went to the beach, where I got my requisite sunburn. I swam in an ocean for the first time in a while. We watched a crazy old lady dancing for cash, and laughed more when she started haranguing people sitting near us who deftly put her in her crazy place. We drank blueberry daiquiris from big long cups. We walked the pier. We saw a man pound a 20-penny nail into his face, then insert a woring drill into the same whole, as well as a woman eating fire and setting her own arms on fire, at the freak show. We had a nearly complete Coney Island experience - which is good, because they shut it down for the season the next day, and they’re dismantling things to put in condominiums during the off-season.
9/2 I threw a poorly advertised but well-prepared floor party. The double-entendre was that there were things to do in every room on the floor, and also that you had to sit on the floor, since most of the furniture is now gone.
9/3 I got up early to keep in training, worked for a while, talked to Charita, met with Maria, and then returned home to complete a few othe menial tasks. Now I am going to drink wine with fellow teachers, so that I can be asleep by 9.
9/4 (tomorrow) School begins…
