Loose Ends and New Beginnings

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
John Galsworthy

I skipped the reunion. I have very little guilt about this, either. It was raining, tomorrow is work, bright and early, and I had to go buy this month's groceries. There was only one possible circumstance under which I'd have regretted not going, and I don't think that particular event was a possibility.

Tomorrow is the official beginning of the new school year. I've been to the school to work registration and to decrapify (won't spell check have a good time with that word) my room. Tomorrow, though, is the first time everybody will be back together since the bitterness at the end of last year.

I saw one of my teacher friends when I went to fix the paycheck problem earlier in the week. He told me again to focus on how much I am looking forward to teaching the class and forget about the rest of it. I am going to do my level best to do this. I am so excited about the class that I think I can put up with most of the other silliness.

While I was out buying stuff for the month, I bought two large frames for the two Walter Anderson prints I bought at the beginning of the summer. I hung them with another of the same series (his alphabet woodcuts) and now have my initials across the wall of my library/sun room. For some reason, it was important to me to get those hung before the school year started. It feels completed somehow.

Another thing I took care of was getting a copier for the house. I've been wanting one for a long time, but they've been too expensive and I've been too broke. This year, with the help of Mom and Dad, I got a small one. It also does faxes, so now I don't have to run around looking for one whenever paperwork has to go in. I really like that.

This is the ending of summer and the beginning of another school year. For the first time in a long time, I'm looking forward to seeing how this one is going to go. If nothing else, going back to school will undoubtedly get my mind off "the guy"....