Still filling in the missing blocks of time, trying to put things in sequence and not succeeding, somehow my personal timeline slipped away, like putting down your fishing rod, opening the bail and letting a fish pull off all the line. Just imagine this is last spring time and Jackie is involving the kids in science experiments, they love it and go back to their rooms full of scientific enthusiasm the teachers welcome. Jackie encourages the kids and the teachers responded by ordering and building their own science kits. She produced a Science fair with the teachers and kids and it was a big hit !
Jackie uses all kind of things you can find at home like plastic bottles, straws, vinegar, baking soda, and salt, and she bought flowers, vegetable seeds and meal worms. Jackie's experiments tackles the basics of physical and biological sciences and demonstrates the everyday principles and results of science bringing the abstract into the real. Everybody loves her efforts but the district couldn't fund a part time science position for the next academic year, but she kept it going right up to the end of the year.
Jackie created her own half time schedule which required her to work a full Monday, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and allowed her Fridays off, which is a great schedule if you think about it, because all the holidays fall on Monday, so that allows for a paid four day weekend. I was doing the driving which helped ease her re-entry into the work world, very limited parking over by her school, and the street cleaning days make it difficult for teachers to get there early
enough and still secure a parking space. Even with her blue handicap placard the locals would call the cops to ticket a car if it was inches into their driveway, and they did, a $110 fine, or even have it towed, and they know the cars are the teachers'.
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| What's for lunch Dad ? |
I tried to keep the house in order, shopping, cooking, bills, laundry, cleaning, all that stuff, can't say it was a lot of fun, a woman's work is never done. The whole idea (for a teacher) is to live a normal, full, independent meaningful life, is that enough adjectives ? So I have become a domestic god. All I know is me and the cat have become the best of friends. I spent a lot of time organizing boxes of bags and bags of bags in the garage, went to the gym, swam a lot of laps, listened to Rush, read everything on The Drudge Report, took a lot of rides on my motorcycle, drank a lot of caffeinated beverages and the occasional adult beverage. I had plenty of time to meet all my varied social obligations, business meetings, personal engagements and health and welfare appointments and still had time to watch Wendy Williams "How ya doin'?" and endless Castle episodes.
Jackie created her own half time schedule which required her to work a full Monday, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and allowed her Fridays off, which is a great schedule if you think about it, because all the holidays fall on Monday, so that allows for a paid four day weekend. I was doing the driving which helped ease her re-entry into the work world, very limited parking over by her school, and the street cleaning days make it difficult for teachers to get there early 
I tried to keep the house in order, shopping, cooking, bills, laundry, cleaning, all that stuff, can't say it was a lot of fun, a woman's work is never done. The whole idea (for a teacher) is to live a normal, full, independent meaningful life, is that enough adjectives ? So I have become a domestic god. All I know is me and the cat have become the best of friends. I spent a lot of time organizing boxes of bags and bags of bags in the garage, went to the gym, swam a lot of laps, listened to Rush, read everything on The Drudge Report, took a lot of rides on my motorcycle, drank a lot of caffeinated beverages and the occasional adult beverage. I had plenty of time to meet all my varied social obligations, business meetings, personal engagements and health and welfare appointments and still had time to watch Wendy Williams "How ya doin'?" and endless Castle episodes.
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