So my yearning to teach school has reached crescendo this week. It is easy for me to feel guilty for talking about my desire to be back in school 5 days a week, being that I love being with my family more than anything - and that is what I am most enjoying this summer. But the bottom line is this: To be at my best, I must be engaged in a creative project, and moving at an excited pace. Due to the constant interaction with wild kids, intellectual debates, community-building, planning, fire-fighting, grading, and trying ridiculous activities - teaching history fulfills this for me, and presently I feel like I am an addict looking for a fix.
This is nothing new. As happens every summer, I always catch up on my guitar playing, and usually write songs. But the problem with me is that I can not JUST write a song. Immediatly, I want to write parts for other instruments, form a band, make a record, and plan a few shows. And what is worse is that I do not want to to do this a few months from now - I want to do it TODAY. Usually, this is not feasible, so I play lots of kids songs and stuff, and supplement my brain with books. I catch up on my reading, and that usually fulfills something in me. . . until I read so much history that I have to talk to everyone about it, and that is simply punishment for my family.
This summer is also a little bit different, due to Avery. Lately, as great as he is - he is not sleeping well at all. Jessica is the lightest sleeper on the planet, and she awakes to his every sound or movement. So Jessica is not sleeping well - which means I am not sleeping too well either - which means our cat is not sleeping well either. So, the only person in our house who feels great, and is ready to paint the town red, is Noah. And he is three, so he has a bit of trouble understanding why we do not feel up to doing somersaults off of the couch at 7am. So, jessica and I are having trouble finding the time to get things accomplished around the house. Though understandable, this is frustrating to both of us, as the summer comes to a close.
But alas, we are still managing to have a lot of fun. We went to Asheville Pizza to see Charlotte's Web (The book that gave us Avery's name!) today with Noah's preschool class, and we are going to see Coldplay tommorow. So, things are good.
Playlist:
Phoenix
Vetiver
Camera Obscura
The Hives
Rogue Wave
Fiest
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