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What delicious snack did I just partake in?
a can of ravioli and a can of pineapple

Dinner last night:
ramen, canned beans, fried span, canned oysters, and canned peaches.
(that one was a little bit abnormal–sent my gut for a bit of a ride)

Breakfast when I have the day of lesson plans 100% ready (less common):
oatmeal with dried blueberries and coffee

Breakfast when I don’t (more common):
1 tin of vienna sausages and 1/2 a can of peach halves

Average dinner:
beans, scrambled eggs (from powder), and a biscuit

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That trend? The one where whenever I have a great day, it’s followed by a bad day? Crushed it. Thursday was a great day, and I knew friday was gonna try to be bad. So I came in swinging one two one two. Start of the day: ‘ok kids. whoever has the best day gets one of my mega twix bars.’ Five minutes of free time at the end of class if they work hard. You name it. Super patience in my tone and bearence, but no tolerance for breaking classroom rules. Full night of sleep. And oh it tried, and tried, to be a bad day, but it wasn’t. It was a good day.

Victory.

And then what happened today? Another day. Tomorrow, be what you may, i’m pretty content right now.

Typewriter style, this post. no edits (well, except for one. and two typo corrections), type it out and post it. why? miles to go before i sleep, miles to go. 

other, stories

I suppose there’s a good reason that the ‘great books’ are called great. East of Eden was incredible.

And I feel that a man is a very important thing–maybe more important than a star. This is not theology. I have no bent towards gods. But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed–because ‘Thou mayest.’

-John Steinbeck

photography

Unfortunately, the weather doesn’t accomodate having a cup of coffee on the front porch. However, it is a nice porch. These are the stairs down the left side, to the pathway through the village.

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I’ve noticed this unfortunate (or maybe not? depends on the causality, I think) trend. On a given night that I feel great about my job, where I am, and what I’m doing..the next day is difficult like nobody’s business.

Today, no exception to be found, only one more observation, sorta a lemma: the better I feel, the tougher the day. And I felt GREAT last night.