well, hello there. clearly i am not the best at updating my blog, but i always manage to make it back here eventually. the life of anna is just riveting, the stuff of dramatic movies, and i can't possibly be expected to regularly spew the contents of my complicated existence onto this banal blog.
...or, i'm absentminded and tend to procrastinate like a mofo. yeah, that's more me.
let's see. so much has happened since i last posted that the task of updating is an unenviable one. i don't feel the need to explain all aspects of my life here, so i'll try and highlight the major things and move on from there.
the BF of 4 years and i amicably split at the end of september. long distance is not for the faint of heart, and after four years of it... well, it had taken its toll on both of us. we figured we'd rather remain in each other's lives as good friends than to let it beat us into pure unadulterated hatred of each other. when we're ready i think we'll be able to salvage a really wonderful friendship. who knows when that will begin, i suppose it will happen when it's meant to. it was hard to end it, but it was definitely the right thing to do. i'm feeling more myself in the last month than i have in the past 2 years, i think. it always amazes me how lost i can get while wrapped up in a relationship. it's a problem i've always had, and i would really like to eliminate it from my personality. i LIKE me. sheesh.
school is up and running. this year's been a tough transition, as i'm teaching mostly juniors now, both music and english. i've had a difficult time addressing their academic needs and i think it's on the upswing now, but it hasn't been easy. thank goodness for supportive colleagues who are always full of good ideas.
drama club is fast approaching our fall production of fiddler on the roof. just yesterday i had a crew building day sans the cast rehearsing around us, and we were able to get 4 of the 5 flats up on our new outrigger system (thanks nick!). it works beautifully, and i'm kicking myself that i didn't ask nick sooner for help in figuring out the logistics of running a set fast and light. this should be a great, easy set to run. phew!
let me end with this (only ending because i have to bake cookies for school tomorrow) -
it's amazing to me how blindly we can wander through our lives, taking for granted the relationships we have around us all the time. it seems we only really tune into these tremendous assets when we hit hard times, or we experience something traumatic. i've spent the last 5 years teaching Our Town to 9th graders, it was even our spring production last year, so you'd think the theme of the transience of human life would have sunk in by now. yet, in the past month, i've had my eyes opened in several ways when it comes to people who have been in my life for a long time. i'm finding such happiness in relationships that i should have been happy in for years. it's simultaneously enlivening, yet frustrating.
to all of my friends, both real life and internet based, thanks for everything you have been to me, and for everything you will continue to be. life is short, we've all got to pay more attention, lest something slip by us without appreciation.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
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