home alone?

I've enjoyed the company the past several weekends. Getting out skiing. Friends visiting. Visiting friends and the rest of Christmas break. Getting the break from school by being social is great. It helps me put aside the stress of being a teacher in this insane situation.

This weekend I have the trailer to myself. I went grocery shopping on Friday and have holed up since. Really didn't do much yesterday--read in bed, cooked, talked on the phone.

I know people have been moving to this area for ages. But I can't imagine coming here without modern communication technology. Forget the 1800's, I'm not sure how I would do moving here in the early 1990's. I guess I don't use my landline much, but my cell phone gets hours and hours of use. E-mail and blogs keep me sane.  This morning I used Skype for the first time to talk to a friend in Tokyo. We hadn't talked since graduation and it was amazing to catch up. So even though I've been by myself this weekend I feel like I've been super-social.

Today, I have to forget my lazy ways. Need to lesson plan for the coming week. Having the four preps is insane. It'll be interesting to see how I manage to keep up with the year. Balancing the keeping ahead with work and the keeping sane by taking breaks (both "by myself" and with people).