speech and spice

AM: Got up at 6, got to work and printed clean manuscripts by 7, arrived at McKHS by 8. I remembered everything: leis, cookies, papers, and maps. Unfortunately I couldn't read the maps once on campus, and led eight students and their befuddled parents on a wild goose chase six minutes before the Session 1 doors were to be locked. We slid in just in time. I am extremely proud of my students for coming out, and for tasting fear and swallowing it whole.

PM: I put on my Spanish dancer skirt, went out, and drank myself into a masala stupor, accompanied by my mother, who turns out to be excellent company on a Saturday night.