Good day all,

My grades are in and I have only 9 failures out of 130 for the semester... not too bad.  Now quarter failures are huge, 35!  Of course, 5 are non-native speakers I would normally pass but I gave them a 59 instead of a 60 to make a point.  Administration pulled funding for my English Language Learner (ELL) aide and hasn't hired a suitable substitute for the ELL that is expected to be out for the next 3 to 6 months.  These kiddos have been hung out to dry and I am NOT going to pretend everything is fine.  They still passed the semester, but they NEED the support that they are being denied!  Most of the others are just lazy.  They had the opportunity to fix it and decided they didn't want to do the work.  Better to learn how to recover from failure BEFORE they get to high school.

Been chatting with a new friend about my x and the divorce.  Result was one of "those" dreams.  Woke up panicked and barely able to breath... and 30 seconds later I was myself!  I've come a very long way... only took 5 years.  I've learned a lot this past year... made more progress than I have in... humph, can't remember it's been so long!  Hey, I'm on a roll now!  I am inspired by the way the folks around me are meeting their own challenges... I'm not quite up to taking the risks some of you are taking, at least not yet.  But I'll get there... I feel like I'm headed in the right direction after drifting for the past year or so.  The original metaphor had me tethered to someone else's ship, toed along by their faith and their dreams.  The divorce cut that line and set me adrift. I'm still being carried along by universe's winds and currents, but for the first time I don't feel like I have to "work" at knowing.  I am content.

be well dear friends