My Cardboard Balcony

Welp, this fall is going to be jam-packed with all sorts of school and work stuff. I was just placed at a local high school for my class observation and student teaching. My newest teaching job is in full swing. I am still working part time at the bookstore. I still have my freelance transcription job. I'm still writing. I'm still planning my wedding. Whether or not I'll still have a social life, I can't say. Hell, I don't even know how much I'll be able to sleep. The good news is, I have a few months to go with the flow and prepare things. Of course, I'm getting antsy about a potential scholarship or extra grants, which I absolutely need in order to continue my credential program. My sister is moving to Philadelphia with her boyfriend at the end of June, so that means it might just be me and my fiancée in our apartment unless one of our friends is in dire need of a room. Apartments are pretty damn expensive now in our city, so we may not even move even th

Three Wishes and a Can of Beer When I burped, a genie popped out of my mouth.

There were two conditions to the contract that the general laid out for both me and my comrade. The first was this: We were expected not to deliver any information to the outside world. We could not contact anyone who lay beyond the vicinity, nor anyone who had not expressed loyalty by signing the same contract. The second was as follows: Do not, under any circumstances, draw attention to oneself in a negative, or hostile, way.