I woke up earlier than I ever have had to this morning. But it wasn’t that bad because I was excited to start my new classes! I’ve already have had some great questions asked such as, “Are you ever going to answer the question?” Of course, I had to reply with “Great question!” I smile at the thought of my students quickly becoming aware to how the class will be a discussion of thoughts and that the classroom community will be a large source of the so called “answers”. Enough of my ego pleasures in teaching, onward to Charlie news.

Charlie went back to his babysitter today. I am sure he will have so much fun playing around with the other kiddies. He is sitting up by himself longer and longer with out falling. However, there have been a couple of face plant and back of the head smacks. Also, he is still eating and eating big quantities, just like his Daddy. He says some “words” here and there. Some sound demonic, some sound sweet, and every thing in between. Overall, Charlie being 7 months old is a shocker but the thought of me having a kid is starting to wear off.

Today is my official last day of summer in terms of a teaching schedule. Boy do I love teaching schedules and all the time off they provide! Tomorrow morning I will begin my first full time teaching load, which is four classes, at CVCC. I am a bit* sad to see the summer head off to the horizon, but I am pretty* excited to see the fall semester marching on. I have had a few things on my summer to do list that were never done. However, yesterday I finally completed my basement cleaning. Buying a dehumidifier and not taking care of other moldy stuff in the basement just did not make sense. Every time I smell mold, my brain triggers images of being in my grandpa’s barns and I do not want my basement to be mold infested area like that. So yesterday I went a anti-mold campaign and it was a terror. Much was thrown out and few things were clean. After four hours of battle, I was finished. There is still some more work that we want to do. We plan on painting the basement floor with a kids theme. Some ideas are a race track, tic-tac-toe, alphabet, world map, and numbers. If you have any other ideas of what to paint let me know. So summer 07 is in its final hours and when the time is over I will be back on the 8-4 work shift. I look forward to the new adventure and to how my priorities will adapt.

*(Do you ever notice how I usually write the word “bit” in front of my emotional expressions? Well, I do. This is probably my unconscious way of trying to cover to others how I may truly feel, instead of just accepting it.)

I, Selfwalker, am officially declaring summer idas.  Lately, I have not been in the mood to do much of anything.  Well, I take that back.  I have been heavily enjoying and bringing literal meaning to the phrase “lazy summer days”.  During these lazy summer days, I have been spending countless hours browsing the net, watching movies, playing with Charlie, hanging out with the wife, and sitting at campsites.  Notice that these activities are not too physical in nature.  So here is my thought. 

I wonder if I did not have such a high metabolism or the genes to be shaped string bean, “Would I be more motivated to be more active?” 

For about the past two years, I have desperately held on to the idea that I would do more physical activities if I were not so busy with my grad school schedule.  Well that time is over and now the summer has not been too much different, thus exposing my pathetic excuse.  Yet, no more pathetic excuses!  I am putting my foot down, or perhaps I should say that I am going to get my feet going.  I’ll see how long my discipline lasts, hopefully long enough for it to become a lifestyle pattern.  No more looking at the scale and reading the same number of 170 as an excuse not to exercise.  From now on, my motto will be

“Even if I will never become chunky, I will exercise because I am funky and I like my oatmeal lumpy”