SWEET RELIEF!

It feels SO good to be able to blog. It's like I have so much to write about that I can't really organize what I want to say. Also, I'm at my parents' house and don't want to be here all night, so I better be concise.

First of all, why am I here... at my parents' house? Well, that would be because I don't have internet at the townhouse and, I don't want to be there and feel like I have to take care of Kate's dog. Don't get me wrong. I love Kate, and I love dogs. Do I love taking care of 7 week old puppies who don't have bladder control? No. I just don't. And since it's not my dog, I don't want much to do with that responsibility, but I feel obligated to because I feel bad for the dog being cooped up all day long and I also feel bad for Kate who works long hours and doesn't get home 'til late... but I still don't like the dog.

There's another reason why I'm here and not at my house too, but I'll save that for my secret blog... ::raspberry::

As for my children at school, they are slowly, but surely learning that Mr. Parks don't play. When they got progress reports last week, I think that's when they decided to hunker down and get to work. I had lots of students with a few Fs. So, today, they came in very well behaved and we got a lot done. They're learning me and I'm learning them. It was a VERY rocky start... the last 2 weeks, I was certain I was going to throw a teacher's edition at someone's baby, but I refrained thankfully.

Other than that, things are okay, I guess. I've made some really good friends here... Aaron, Brandon, and Jared. Such cool guys. I really only hang out with them on the weekends though. So, the weeks are a little hard to get through... a lot of alone time... and alot of third wheel time... I mean, I'm always alone to a degree. Especially now that I am out of college and it seems the next milestone is to settle down. Whatever... I mean, it's depressing a lot of times, to realize the state that I'm in, but when I think about it, I'm not that bad off. I have a job with pretty good security, I own my house, I don't have a car payment... I mean, I'm okay except for that one little void in my life. In a way, it keeps me humble and reflective though.

Anyway... It's 8 o'clock... and I think I need to call some parents... and then go to bed.