Old Habits

This has been a summer of extremes.  I've worked every summer since my freshman year of high school, and the work (assistant ballet teacher, assistant manager at the Folsom hotspot Book Warehouse, student assistant for the state, fiscal and policy assistant for the state, cash register assistant at Fleet Feet) never left much room for extremes.  I worked a bit, traveled a bit, slept in a bit, ran a bit, stayed out late a bit (okay not so much), read a bit, played dorky computer games a bit.  

But I'm taking full advantage of being a teacher this summer, by which I mean NOT being a teacher.  Since we got back from Italy, my extreme-du-month has been laziness.  Said laziness has taken the form of two old habits that went by the wayside over the past few years:  reading Stephen King books and playing World of Warcraft.  I've finished all of the Dark Tower series (I had left off at the 4th book), and have created a level 22 gnome warlock.  It's wonderful and my days revolve around quests, minions, mutants and constant death, it seems.  Even the small amount of curriculum planning has taken on a decidedly morbid tone, as I'm currently crafting a lesson that centers around the Donner Party for American history and forms of torture throughout French history for world history.

In a moment of rationality I tried to bring myself back from the edge by signing up for a 1/2 marathon training program at the Fleet Feet in Pleasant Hill.  It's 10:30 pm and the first workout is tomorrow at 8:00 am...but I am so close to getting my warlock's succubus...