My Cardboard Balcony

This has been a really rough beginning of the year. Don't get me wrong, there are lots of good things that have been happening for me. I'm enjoying my student teaching and getting a lot of work done. I was able to get my training done for my official teaching job (I've been doing that for nine months, so best to get the orientation out of the way now). I love the fact that I can express my opinion about my work environment and strategies to improve the place I work at without getting reprimanded or dismissed (I know, my higher ups value my opinion. What a concept, huh?). I'm still consistently writing, and a lot is falling into place for my wedding; for example, I got to go to an  amazing store   for my suit fitting and wound up being treated like royalty there. That being said, a lot of difficult things have happened and been thrown either my way or a loved one's way. Besides just the toxic political environment (Can Donald Trump just go away already?), the mul

You'll Be The Third by Belinda Roddie "How many people have you killed?" "Two." " Two?" "So far."

"I'm thinking of stopping by the drugstore for some candy bars and some smokes," said Dale, balancing on the heels of his feet. "Wanna come along?" I didn't object to a mini-adventure, especially when it meant the drop dead gorgeous Melissa was accompanying us. Throwing on my favorite worn out gray hoodie, I followed Dale out of his house and into his driveway, where Melissa's red pick-up awaited us.