Typical Day

Frozen morning. Time to get out of bed. But the electricity went off at about 3:00, so the room is cool. Getting dressed, singing that I don’t believe in cold. Breakfast together, home made oat flakes (better and cheaper than cereal), protein powder, tea. Overnight guest still rolling around on the couch. Hamroz starts the fire. We’re rolling!



Frozen classroom. Light up the classroom heaters, turn on the computer, check the e-mail. Write the principal. Go to the High School building and pick up materials for the science demonstration. Kids piling into the warm classroom, five minutes early. Grammar review!! Have a contest to find all the compound whatevers. Graphing equations. The weird measurements you can take while boiling water!



Frozen lunch duty. But it’s warm enough to eat outside. We played basketball for the last 15 minutes. It was starting to warm up! I played with my hands in my pockets after my team went up 3-0. We won 3-2, when the clock graciously ran out.



Remembering everything can be a small problem; remembered to get the change from the coal the chokedur bought for us (now we should have enough heat to last the winter), remembered to get the money we will need for the next few weeks, remembered to get the washer that we need to fix our vacuum cleaner. Now back to class. Cup of coffee, end of the day parent conference, and it’s four o’clock. Time to begin the day! I forgot to get my passport back from the office, and forgot one of the messages for my wife. Nobody is perfect.



Not everyone we were expecting showed up, so there was a chance to catch up on the house chores. Our lone guest was content to watch, “McGee and Me” clips while I brought water from the well into our upstairs bathroom. Since I've not been out running lately, I had the energy to bring a substantial ammount of water in. I’ve put aside my memory project to read (as I do every year) the bible from cover to cover. This year it’s a slow challenge – the first year reading in my new language. The English version is on hot standby whenever there is a comprehension issue. Good cold night in a warm room for reading and McGee.