Resolutions

I'm taking a hiatus from talking up the city to post my ten resolutions for a better school year. I'm a teacher so September is always a tough time of year. Summer vacation ends rather suddenly and you're right back into the work thing. There used to be a time when I loved the new school year... it was exciting to meet the group of kids you would be spending six hours a day with for the next 180 school days. Since leaving the world of classroom teaching for a specialist position I don't have that same excitement that used to get me out of the bed on September mornings. In fact, since JO is away on vacation for the next two weeks I'm a little worried about who is going to prevent me from not going to school in the morning. I would love to go back to classroom teaching, but seeing as the economy is m.i.a. that's not an option at this point.

As a result, I've made a list of my 10 resolutions to ensure that this school year isn't completely stress filled.

I will preface this by saying that I made this last week as I was sitting in my office contemplating running away and hiding from work related stress... and in only 3 days back at work I've broken several of them so I'm going to start again tomorrow with a clean slate.

1) 5 servings of fruits and veggies a day
2) Purell, Purell, Purell!
3) Going to the gym 2-3 times a week
4) Minimal use of frozen lunches
5) Mandatory blogging time- I find it therapeutic
6) Monthly maintenance of communication with friends that live far away
7) Read each week (more than just a magazine) and watch one movie per week
8) Regular attendance at "Book Clubs"
9) Leaving school at school (I put this on the list but it will never, ever happen... my friends enjoy my stories too much...and I couldn't possibly keep it all in... it could kill me)
10) Cooking more!

Also, on particularly awful days I'm going to see school as a 7 hour obstacle to doing something fun in the city. For example, tomorrow I'm going to go for a nice long walk along the Charles River after school.