My Walk

Ever visit your old elementary school just because? I needed to sort my thoughts out today so I decided to take a walk.. I have a lot of things on my mind .. too many to list here, so I'm just going to talk about my walk :)

It was a nice walk.

Sunny.

A slight breeze.

The people on the corner were fixing their roof. They had their daughter up on the roof too and I thought that was a little dangerous but what could I say..

A dog barked.

Birds chirped.

A car slowly drove by.

I was going to take a walk around Cherrytree Drive which is the length of a good walk but I didn't feel like seeing any signs of human life so I detoured onto the school grounds instead.

There was nobody there and it was nice and peaceful.










The red line marks Cherrytree Drive. The blue line is the around Cherrytree School. I like this image because I can point exactly to my house. Yes, my exact house!

Well I hadn't been to the school area for awhile. Only inside, when I gone to vote. It was different and that made me feel old - the outside, not the inside.

The little hills along the path going into the school playground aren't there anymore. I think someone got hurt there and they removed them. Or maybe it was to extend the pathway. Either way, that was where we used to play "crocodile" .. you know, one person is the crocodile and the others have to jump across before he/she gets you- or you become the crocodile..

The trees where we used to play "house" have long been cut down. There used to be two triangluar shaped areas and my friends and I would each have a "house" inside. Hmm .. that was also where I broke my water filled sparkly baton .. which later leaked all over my Little Mermaid backpack and into my Barbie lunchbox. Hey, do kids still use lunchboxes? My brother uses a plastic bag.

The trees along the fence are gone.. that's where we used to play hide-n-seek. That's also where we used to observe the crazy lady's house who everyone said was a murderer. I wonder who started that rumour. I wonder if she knew what people said about her.

The trees along the path are gone.. that's where we used to play "witches." It was fun until a teacher caught use pouring our "potions" - (shampoo and soap mixtures) down the trees. Maybe this is why most of the trees are gone?

I made up some weird games as a kid. I remember the spin-off to "witches" that I made where we had to cook each other in our big cauldrons while chanting the ingredients we'd throw inside. The people inside would eventually "die."

My parents say I had the biggest imagination from all my siblings. Maybe that's why I turned out to be the weird "artsy" one according to them.

I remember the one game we had where we all had to throw stuff at the "bad guy" in order to get the secret key. Only there never was a secret key. That's how it was supposed to be. Don't worry, we only threw light things.. like stuffed animals and shoes.

Even the games printed on the pavement look different. The Four Squares game is still there though. I liked that.

The new two storey addition the to school that popped up a few years ago wiped out the entrance we had to use to go to Ms Hoggart's classroom. I know this isn't really nice, but I wonder if she's still alive. Bagpipes..

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It would be nice to teach at Cherrytree, however I'm only qualified to teach from grades 7-12. Should I do a course in the summer to qualifiy myself for the elementary grades as well? I'm debating. Should I do a course in the summer to increase my pay by $5000? I'm debating. Should I go to South Africa in the summer? My parents said it's my choice. I'm debating. Should I get a summer job at the summer school camp I taught at last year? I'm debating that as well.

I guess I need to get some things done first. Like my online course exam which is set for next Saturday. And my teaching block, which begins tomorrow. I have a busy month ahead of me. I apologize if I don't blog as much, but I'm sure I'll find the time to.

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