365 Page Book

"Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book.  Write a good one".  This was the inspiration sent by my friend Mr. Noor last night as he sent me best wishes for the new year."Great idea", I replied as I reciprocated the best wishes for 2015. To myself I thought this might help me process the thoughts and feelings that come my way this year. This Spring semester will be a busy one, as I will be taking a methods in teaching Health class at CSULB (even though I have been teaching Health since 1994), teaching a curriculum development class at MSMC, no....MSMU(!), while teaching my full load of classes at Fremont....all 306 students. As busy as I will be I feel positive, energized and full of hope.   It seems the negative teacher-bashing has relented somewhat and I can feel validated for the hard work that I put in teaching my students. February will mark my 29th year as a teacher; I'm looking forward to the day when I can retire. Becky is in Mexico with...

Was supposed to have lunch with Linda yesterday, something I was really looking forward to doing. Woke up at ~5:30 AM with a cough and a really sore throat.  By the time 7AM rolled around, I had a fever, horrible congestion in my face, runny nose, chills....the whole spiel! Ironically, the news had a blurb about the flu making its way to the West Coast and not even a flu shot could save you as the strain was different than that found in the flu shot. Bummer! Did nothing all day except make a big pot of chicken soup (with matzo balls!) and kept having that all day to stay hydrated and to breathe in the steam.  Supplemented with hot tea. Feeling a bit better today, but am still not hungry.  Going to 5:30 mass at SJS because today is the anniversary of the day Dad passed away.