lack of...

i guess it's lack of time... material... effort...imagination... i don't know where i have been or what in god's name i have been doing. but it sure is nothing so intriguing. so lemme see if i can embellish... j/k.

actually, here is what i do. i get up at 530. that is a.m. it's still dark. and quiet. i get ready for my day and am out the door by 7, if not earlier. why, one may inquire? cause i'm a wee bit of a morning person and i like to get my day started as soon as possible. and yes, i am a nerd. ok, so on my way to work (middle school teacher in un-disclosed urban/suburban-ville) i stop for coffee - this is where i like to shake things up. some mornings i will actually make my own coffee (thanks to my back-to-school coffee maker from my grandmother who loves to shop kohl's with her senior discount card!). but my coffee never quite tastes right. so i like to alternate - between starbuck$$$ and dunkin' donuts - both equi-distant to my place of employment. the starbucks crowd can go either way - either yuppiest professionals with their bluetooth-s (or is is blueteeth) in place OR random construction workers in hardhats...it's strange. d-n-d has a certain appeal too - and it's about $3 cheaper. ok, ok...so on with my day. i get to work, i enlighten, inspire and educate the future leaders of tomorrow. i then bust out of the joint as fast as possible so i can go to my....second job. as a high school soccer coach (again, school to remain anonymous). i am responsible for turning a group of raggamuffin, goofball freshman girls into future mia hamm's and abby wombach's (please do not inquire about our record - freshman year is about LEARNING, not winning. although 1 or 2 would be nice...). so by 7 (now pm) i am finally on my way home, where i change, eat, check email and then... spend the next 2 or 3 hours - grading papers and getting ready for the next day's lessons. i usually fall asleep on the couch watching some absurd reality show. OR lately animal planet - "meerkat manor" is highly entertaining. i'll wake up, with papers all over, the computer and lights still on, the tv blaring, somewhere around midnight. totally disoriented i will somehow manage to get myself ready for bed and then... that's about it.

yeah, so it's a sexy lifestyle i'm living these days. but on a more positive note, the knee is healing fantastically, although running is awkward and i definitely have a little limp (someone told me they thought the limp was "cute"???). AND i have a new obsession - that has nothing to do with reality MTV or people-watching (although all fine pass times). i am obsessed with living out my kate bosworth/"blue crush"/surfer girl fantasy - i am planning on going to all-women's surf camp in costa rica!!! it is the most amazing, dreamy opportunity and i am soooo all about getting this thing nailed down. it's an all-inclusive, wellness, organic, zen place - and it's freakin in costa rica. so while my day-to-day life makes toll collecting on the nj turnpike look like a thrilling way to spend your day, it's the thought of paddling out and riding a curl (is that even proper surfer terminology or did i just make that up?) that totally keeps me going. and sane - cause i do work with 12- and 13-year old kids every single day. i'm just going to have to work out my irrational fear of a shark attack in therapy i think.