So much time has passed since I last made an entry.. As I spent last year, teaching away, I felt so much time slip by. The world flew by me, and I was so busy I didn't have time to see it go by. Such is the life of a teacher I guess. Makes me want to jab a pen into the eyes of the next person who says 'it must be nice to have your summers off'. Apparently people don't get that teachers only get paid for the school year portion. That pay we get in the summer time? Puh! It's just the money they with-held from our previous checks so they can get the interest off of it instead of me.

I got bored of teaching again. Although it's different from the substitute teaching in the students are /slightly/ more respectful of the full timer version since we know what crap they're capable of, the substitute teachers get away with not having to make the lesson plans or grading papers and projects in exchange for less pay. They're allowed to have lives. I can count on one hands the number of times I actually went out and had /fun/.

But it's ok. Switching jobs wasn't so hard. I decided a little bit after Hector came over to visit. Before the year was up, I gave my notice and I'd already secured a position with EMS by getting myself re-certified. I'm riding third person for the most part now but that's more of a formality than anything being that they were rather eager once they found out I've had past experience and can ride a cycle. I bet they're just counting the days til I complete the work to qualify as a Paramedic so they can slap me on one of the numerous bike paramedic openings they have.

I believe I can manage it this time. It's easier here. Most people won't allow you to get to 'know' them so there's nothing for me to hang onto.

And I believe with all that's happened... I'm starting to loose my ability to care as much. It's not completely gone but, that part of me that obsessively worried when the lady at the corner scraped her knee, or when my old neighbor was attacked...

This city has killed it.

Dorian, I still sometimes cry for. But it's not as bad as it used to be. Hector was, so great and understanding, It sort of makes me realize just what I left behind in Arizona.

And had I not formed a family here, I might have gone running back there with him.

I have a family here. Not by blood. But family. And the funny thing is, although I came here to escape this type of set up. I'm glad I wasn't able to avoid it.

Jax and I are sooooo going to spoil that child.

( /Now/ I'm /family/. - Jackson, Mike )

Mike asks Jackson and Bridget for a favor...

Projects are done! All that's left is the final exam. YAY!
( 'Is that what it wanted, when it was barking?'-Alexis )

Alexis and Ian have a photo shoot.


( 'Do I look like Keith Richards?'-Mike )

Bridget brings forths tidings of joy and really strong coffee.

Dammit!
She has so much promise in her. I just can't fathom why... How could someone do that? To their own daughter?!
Damn it all, I really wish I knew where Jack was right now.

( 'Just... don't call me out to babysit /this/ teenager too, okay? )

After Easter Services, Bridget stops by Mike's to inquire after a mutual aquaintance. Bridget is not happy with what she finds out.

Leave a comment requesting a scenelet which either depicts a certain event (doing laundry, morning routine, phone call home) or deals with a certain subject (considering recent events, a particular person).

What am I doing? I swear since this semester started I've been living like a shut-in. Go to school, teach, come home immediately, eat, grade papers sleep, repeat. That's pretty much it. The weekends are not much different either. Anytime I feel compelled to go somewhere, the feeling fades away quicky and this depressed feeling fills the void it leaves.

Don't want to work on programming the AiBO anymore.

Don't want to read books anymore.

Just go through the motions, do the work, eat and sleep.

Granted for a little bit I had the flu to blame but when there's not that much difference in your lifestyle from when you're healthy to when your sick... there's something wrong. I got to change this.

So, for Lent I'm going to go out more. When I have free time I'm going to do /something/. Shop, go to the library, go out to eat, visit friends. For Lent, I'm going to give up this shut-in lifestyle.

Yeah.

Um, what should I do this weekend?

And if you thought Jackson was a bit late putting this up ...

Well. Hah.

Opened for both Bridget and Ricky characters.

RP Challenges

The aim of the game is simply fun, and it works like this:
- Everyone who wants to play, post an OOC journal entry (much like this one) inviting RP challenges.
- Everyone else is then free to post RP challenges as comments on that entry.
- The more challenges you complete, the more you win.

A few rules:
- There are no time limits on challenges unless you decide to set one for extra funxxorz.
- You can choose not to attempt any challenge. Remember, it is for funxxorz.
-To count as completed, a challenge should be met in a normal scene orflashback, unless the person who sets the challenge decides to allowficlets for it.

Challenges:
Challenges can be silly or serious or downright scary. They can be as large or small a thing as you like.