Almost Friday!

The weather here today was sunny and breezy. A slight chill in the morning air, has given way to 78-80 degree weather this afternoon. Currently we have rainstorms passing through. The kind that whip up the wind and leaves ... cleaning the air and the trees and the streets :). Only a stray leaf or two here have turned yet. But we had a fire drill today and before we went back in, I took the moment for impromptu science and pointed out the leaves, noting our beginning journey into the fall season.

One Indian boy came late to school today. His mother brought him... and a pail for him to vomit in should he get sick. We were like uh... if you think he's gonna need that, take him home. Then she's all no no no, he won't be sick. Well, all morning he walked like he was in a daze. He had about 3 layers of clothes on and complained of feeling cold. His forehead was hot. So, at lunch I took him to the nurse's office. Soon as he got the thermometer in his mouth, he threw up. Sigh. The mom came to pick him up. The other was an Indian girl, who was sick outside during recess. She got it all over her clothes. I gave her a spare set and we called mom, but whoever answered didn't understand English, hung up, and then wouldn't answer the phone again.

I sprayed my room VERY well with Lysol today. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday.

Iw as talking with someone about finding the "One" to share a life with. I think there are many Ones. Like, that people come in all colors (personality, not race) and each person is a good fit within a certain spectrum. Some are a closer fit than others. Some people are in our life for us to learn from. I personally believe in the possibility of more than one life, more than one go around, and of meeting people in this life that you knew from before. I was raised Methodist, but my mom laments that I'm not attending a "purely Christian" church, choosing a Unitarian one instead.

I have simple goals for my life. I want to grow old with a home in the community in which I teach. I want to be the kind of teacher who's students come back years later and bring their own children to trick or treat at her house. I want to travel. I want to see Scotland, England, Ireland, Italy. There's an ashram in India I want to visit. I want to play in the waves off the coast of Sydney, Australia. I want to see and do and experience all the multicolored joys that life has to offer. Hopefully, I'll find a best friend and mate to share that with. For now, if I don't... that's ok :)