Sleep

I should go to sleep but my head is spinning. I hate that. I know I'll just lie in bed and churn over things. I have a lot of stuff to do - grading, grading, and more grading. Plus, I want to paint the living room, not tonight, of course, but soon. Now I finally picked the paint colour, I'm all about just getting it done. Must clean the house first though - it's getting there, but that's another story.

Lot's of thinking going on lately. I have to find a new job, so if anyone knows anything about who will hire me, and whether I might like them, let me know, please, especially if they pay you in real money. Real money is good.

I'm tutoring high school kids. It's been an eye-opening experience. It makes my college teaching experience all make sense. Maybe if I went back and taught kindergarten I would be truly enlightened. Here's a thought - whatever happened to thinking? Don't we teach kids to do that anymore? Wait, I already know the answer. Still, at this beginning stage of tutoring them, I still think I might make a difference. Give me some more time and cynicism will inevitably follow.

We have a new president. I am still in disbelief. It's a good kind of disbelief, like I don't trust that something good has actually happened yet. Perhaps it won't seem real to me until he actually lives in the White House and that other dufus-brain is gone.

I've been listening to James tonight. It's been a long time since I've listened to the Best of James. It's like therapy in music form. It made me believe that all things were possible, including me. That's a good feeling.

I took a sanity day today. I made my classes go to the library and do research. At first I felt guilty, and then I didn't. I feel much saner, and that was the objective. Tomorrow is another day, ripe with challenges, but tonight it's all good.

My cat is the best thing in the world. I love him very much and don't know what I would do without him. He's on a diet and not liking it at all, but he's still being a good sport about it. He's losing the weight though. He's extremely clingy, kind of like a dog version of a cat. He runs to the door every time someone pulls in the driveway and he sleeps on my shoulders. It's interesting to sleep with a twenty pound weight on your shoulders - you should try it sometime. I have even woken up recently and found myself using him as a pillow, a big, furry, vibrating pillow. As I said, he's very laid-back.

The economy sucks. I need a good job, not three crappy ones. A green job would be nice.
Anyway, goodnight and good luck.

Job Update

I haven't blogged much lately. I now have three jobs. Can anyone tell me how to get one job that pays more than the three I currently have? Magic formulas accepted.