thanksgiving

hey, sorry, didn't post anything up for thanksgiving. yes, it was a LOT of food. we went to two thanksgiving day celebrations, one at my grandma's house in ewa beach, and another at my father-in-law's in pearl city. both were nice. in between, i had to make honeyed yams because lynn was really busy getting ready for the crazy black friday sale over at her store in waikele (did you know that waikele opened at 12 am!? crazy!!!). i of course cut some of the yams too thin, which meant that it didn't cook very evenly. i didn't even try it. a word of advice, if you know you can't cook, don't be the poison tester for your own productions... unless you have no other choice. people said it was good, but then again, people are very polite. lynn, of course, told me straight in the face that i'd "compromised" it (ain't love great!? such brutal honesty...)

so lynn really really had it tough. she was making signs for some of the deals the company laid out. one of them was a teddy bear offer if you bought a certain amount of goods. i helped her out with the sign for it, telling her it might be topical to write: "bear market!" and for this "mixed set" consisting of hazelnut coffee (decaf), and white chocolate with raspberry mousse, among other things, i offered: "diversify with our mixed portfolio!" i don't know... maybe people don't exactly want to be reminded about how bad things are. then again, maybe there are some who would appreciate a little bit of gallows humor...

friday and saturday (and today, sunday) found me working on people... and there's a whole lot of work for school. this week, our sped class will be working on making iMovies for the folktales that they have written. and since i seem to be the resident expert on using iMovies, i've got to prepare our teacher-made video, and create notes for the kids on how to use iMovie... on top of that, our 611 class is supposed to do a presentation on language arts strategies, and i've got to complete a powerpoint for that, with a focus on written expression... in addition, my last observed lesson will take place on tuesday, which means i'm going to have to create a scripted lesson plan... also, icaom classes are winding down, and i've got to finish up my acupoints class successfully... we'll see how it all pans out.

i AM thankful for my life. i always imagine zen monks in the midst of the chaos of the warring states period. it must have felt like the end of the world every day for them, and yet they maintained the equanimity and mountain-like calm they are famous for. i need to do the same.