Today during school, I thought of all the little things I appreciate with greater awareness now that I'm living up in rural Alaska. I thought I'd make a Zombieland themed post about all the little things I have been enjoying, including some of the stuff that's going on in my classes.
In case you haven't seen the movie, there's a set of rules that the lead character, Columbus, follows to stay alive in a zombie apocalypse. One of those rules is, "enjoy the little things." Check out the movie if you haven't seen it! But here goes my list:
Little Things I Enjoy
- Having my own apartment
- Getting mail- it really makes my day
- Being able to walk to my house and grab a Pop Tart and a Diet Coke during lunch
- Daylight till midnight (at least for now)
- Not having to carry a wallet - I never thought I would carry a flashlight and a pocketknife more than a wallet, but now I do
- Driving a four-wheeler as fast as I possibly can down the boardwalk
- Having time to read- Even if it's reading the stuff that I'm going to teach the next day. But in addition to reading "teaching stuff" I've actually done a ton of leisure reading since I've been here.
- I get NESN on satellite TV, which means I get Red Sox games
- Art class- The last two classes of my day are art classes and they've been great so far! Didn't think I was gonna enjoy them as much as I do. We've been creating oil pastel drawings while listening to The Beatles.
- Seeing a teeny, tiny bit of progress in my writing classes!
- Having technology from the school (this may be considered a big thing) - I have been given a Macbook Pro, an iPad, and I have a Smartboard coming soon. And I have access to Macbooks for all my students to use
- Freedom that I wouldn't have at a regular school- If I want, I can take any one of my classes outside. I've done this for an art class and it's just nice to be able to feel like there's not so many restrictions on me.
- Peace and quiet
- Not being able to spend money- definitely a good way to save
- Becoming more independent everyday
- Not having to wear a tie to work- it's actually pretty casual
- People saying hi to me when I walk by
- Playing a lot of basketball
- Being able to watch the progress these kids make throughout the year
Everything isn't great, but I figured people would rather read a list of positive things than a list of complaints. The good thing is that my list of "Little Things I Enjoy" seems to grow everyday.
Poptarts are my breakfast and diet cokes are my saving grace during lunch. ;) Glad to know I'm not alone.
ReplyDeletePat is doing a Foxwoods trip! She wants to know if you are going? She wanted me to ask you...
ReplyDeleteUmm no.
ReplyDelete