Rolling in the Deep

Lyrics | Adele lyrics - Rolling In The Deep lyrics

 

Don't worry dear readers ... still moving. Went to court today & I had to update my DL but what's a $160, right? ~lol~

My battery was $100 but that's okay 'cause at least I can keep driving & working.

Honestly, things could always be worse, so I shall keep smiling & move forward and make my best efforts in teaching and becoming an artist.

Night everyone.

Take care ... keep smiling.


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Update - Be Water

I don't know if I am confident.  Maybe a lack of success keeps me from saying, like Ali, "I AM the Greatest!"  But I can't worry.  That day will come one day soon.

My battery died, and I need to take my dog to the vet's, so everything is rescheduled and I am going to borrow a truck from a family member to take care of this before diving into getting a new battery.

That's it.


Glad to see my friends writing, posting pictures, or looking at new lives with new smiles.

Take care everyone.  I'll keep you all posted on my certification test.

"Be Like Water" Bruce Lee by ~BenjiMC on deviantART

Someone else did the art but I thought it fit nicely in with this moment. No panic, no crying, no freaking out, just flowing.

Celebratory Meatloaf

Oh, Hi, I'm Jay and this is my hetero-life-mate, Silent Bob. ~ Jay/ Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back

My old hetro-life partner, a guy who was by my side in the 90's as I coursed through the worst of my drinking binges and emotional spirals, called me yesterday. He told me he had a surprise for me since he knew I was fried after my certification exam. 

Beers in the cooler, and meatloaf on the plates! 

We chatted about some of the things that were popping up among the old classmates and the rumor mill was in full effect, so we chatted, ate & watched SNL till I finally went to my little hovel and put my pups to bed so I could get some sleep and relax. 

Anyway, that was my night, and my day. I took 4.5 hours out of the 5 hours allotted for the test and I tried everything I could imagine to make my test successful. My students were telling me they were rooting for me since they like my teaching methods, and they seem to care for me as much as I care for them. 

Prayer to St. Jude, fingers crossed, prayers done, studying done. I can't get my hopes up since the test is mired in minutiae so I'll plan for a back-up test date in 3 weeks in case I fail again. No holding my breath or hedging my bets; I just keep trying until I pass. Thanks for listening gang.

Awakening

It's a little before 11pm and I am going to bed.  I LOATHE studying and yet, it's a necessary evil since I want (or need) to become a teacher to pay the bills and have a future.

I shall be awakening at 530 am and having coffee and breakfast before going to the UTSA downtown site.

Gotta keep trying, right?

I hope I am not becoming like my hero, Peggy Hill, and being too bull-headed to learn from my mistakes.

On my other blog is a prayer to St. Jude for a little success in my test in the morning.

Wish me luck.

~ j ~

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Angels in the backfield

"Sometimes you need to recognize that there are angels out there watching you fly ... keeping you safe with their hopes and dreams. Thank you." And now ... a chuckle. I was rereading & thinking about what I'd need to keep going besides determination. I think the one thing I need to do is never stop my projects. Fruitlessness won't make me a success. I just need to keep moving on ... "keep on trucking." 

3 Could Be the Charm

I am scribbling this before I go to bed a little before 1am Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.  My long-term gigs were cancelled due to me not being certified as a teacher.  So I am working to keep making ends meet as often as possible.

I cancelled a few other gigs because I thought I'd be in long-term as an English teacher, but the Superintendent refused having me in the spot.  The teacher in that spot originally had to leave due to a illness in the family and resigned her post.  The Super refused her position and was going to have HER pay for the spot for a substitute, thus cutting into her salary.  I know this lady well enough to know she wouldn't abandon her kids if there were any other way.

The Principal shifted ALL her students, thus moving 100 students, including athletics, special needs and GT students to where they'd all fit.  Thus some rooms are bulging at 27 - 30 kids, and other have maybe 13 kids out of 20 that are special needs meaning they're behavior, motivational, or emotional wrecks.  They're the ones who start fires, bite students and teachers, and end confrontations with flying furniture.  Spreading them out among 4 teachers worked, but redistributing them will create anarchy.

I called a friend of mine who's an attorney, and he said nothing could be done due to the clause in her contract, leaving the final position for "termination of services" in the hands of the Superintendent.  She could fight it but would love money in the long run just because of the drawn-out pay used instead of for her benefit, to pay for mediocre substitutes.  THUS I thought I'd be working, and cancelled some other jobs because this was the will of the teacher: I take over so they kids don't get sent to other teachers.

Admin had other ideas and they're all in the wind.  I am finishing the grades from last week, making sure they have some increases since a LOT of them had 30-60's as averages for their progress reports.

Saturday is my next certification test.

Three's the charm, right?

Take care & thanks for listening.