March 23rd, 2005
Tuesday nights are absolutely wonderful. I know I’ve said this before, but sharing a meal with friends is just the best. There are times when it’s Tuesday and I get off work and I’m tired, but then the potluck is here and all is better. Just the comradeship and the chance to share life with folks erases all the tension from work and I go to sleep on Tuesday nights so happy. Tonight we colored eggs as our digesting took place and, I don’t know I just feel so comfortable. It takes me a while to be myself with others, many times I find myself waiting in the background until I start to feel comfortable. Sometimes I surprise people when they really get to know me and they realize how much of a talker I really can be. I think many times in a social setting the first impression people have of me might be quite, shy, reserved, and maybe even dull. I might have those characteristics at first, but I’m watching and waiting. Now, at work it’s a completely different story. Check out Potluck Tuesday.
take care
March 13th, 2005
What does it all mean? We’re put here on this planet; we are raised by our family and our environment. Education. Job. Career. WHY? Yes I am one of the very fortunate individuals who just happens to love my job and what I do for 40 to 60 hours a week. But you know what, I would be so happy to just spend all of my waking hours with my husband, enjoying the same oxygen and just being. As a society we go to work, earn a pay check use this money to buy material objects that many time makes us happy. Of course there are the necessities like food, beverage, and toilet paper, yet even the necessities we choose can make us happy. For example the type of food and beverage and of course, the squeezable Charmin. Now don’t get me wrong, I do realize there are those that must get the one-ply sand paper texture TP and probably not by choice. But I’m still just baffled, who thought up the whole money thing? And why is it so powerful? It seems anything is possible as long as you have the money to make it happen.
You know what else is interesting to me, how is it determined the amount of money a person makes. There is a responsibility factor, an education factor, okay I’m cool with that, but there doesn’t seem to be continuity in these factors. For example why do athletes & entertainers make so much money yet there seems to be no responsibility factor or education to account for and teachers, for example, struggle financially. This I know to be true because as a child growing up my Mom was an elementary school teacher and Charmin was on the roll when Mom had a coupon.
The teaching profession requires an education and the responsibility, wow molding young minds. Teaching is unveiling knowledge to a person and not just facts, but how to use those facts and how to think. That is a great responsibility. Unfortunately a teacher may not even be appreciated until an adult as reflected back on their life and realized which teachers made a true difference. For me it way Ms West my 6th & 8th grade teacher. She believed in me. At the time I was a child in grade school picked on, left out, and always chosen last for teams. I was shy, quiet, and had no confidence in myself. What ever Ms West saw in me, she really turned me around. I was Kathran, the kid in the class that wasn’t artistic, athletic, or very bright. But once Ms West was finished with me & I started high school I became Kate, president of the girls athletic club (even though I didn’t play sports we raised enough money to put on quite a banquet for all the athletes and coaches in the school). I became Kate a Chem 100 lab instructor at SDSU, and finally Kate a community pharmacist. The confidence Ms West had in me allowed me to open my eyes to see what I could do. Not only did she believe in me, but she taught me to believe in myself. Unfortunately, I’ve lost contact with her, but if I could I sure would like to send her a nicely handwritten Thank You note expressing my gratitude.
take care
