Going back to work was hard. I get up in the darkest of darkness and stagger out of the manse into the same darkness. I drive in the darkness. For a chunk of the school year, I arrive at my workplace in darkness. And now that winter is upon us, it is a cold darkness.
I am a good person. I don't litter or make fun of puppies, not even the really goofy looking ones. I understand that I am but one story in a million and that I don't deserve showers of chocolate kisses every time I manage to make it to school on time in the darkness. I live a simple life. Sometimes I'm ahead of the game. Sometimes less so.
I smile my way through my school district's budget crunch and the resulting salary freeze. I accept that the negotiation process is not the sort of thing that can be rushed and that someday we might see a pay raise. Some months are better than others, but mostly I get by on the "less" that I've been handed this year. I know that it isn't personal, me having to drive in the darkness for a smaller salary. It's just the way it is. Even if it's less.
However, there has to be line drawn somewhere. I'm willing to tolerate a great deal. The darkness. The cold. The dwindling paychecks and the fact that I'm not on vacation anymore. But a cup of coffee that doesn't stay hot for the entire commute? That is an insult that cannot, nay shall not, be borne!
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| I shall have a big, fat, chunky mug cozy, by God!!! |
Granted, it took 30 precious minutes away from my weekend (which is less than a vacation...), but it was worth it. My coffee will be snuggled within its little jacket and perhaps even stay warm for an extra fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes is also less than a vacation. It is less than a weekend, even. But it is an eternity to a tired, cranky teacher driving 45 minutes in the cold darkness to a working destination.
Now if I could come up with a pattern for a Weekend Cozy. Maybe I could make that last longer. Or at least feel like it wasn't less...
SA
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11 comments:
If life gives you lemons/cold, make lemonade/mug cozies. Win!
I think that they call them snuggies.
If you come up with a weekend cozy that makes the weekend last longer, let me know. I'll pay (almost) whatever you're asking.
I desperately need a Weekend Cozy and think you should seriously pursue this idea.
Lovely cup cozy! The color is so cheerful. I hope that helps with the dark cold early mornings.
Does it really work? My coffee is less than optimally hot when I get to work and would love to make one.
It's dark here in the morning too. And sometimes dark when I go home. I like watching the daylight slowly creep back but I wish it would creep a little faster.
Good news, Sheepie: this upcoming weekend is one of the three day variety.
It is less than a vacation but more than a regular weekend.
Very nice!
Hi! I've been MIA from blogland for quite some time and I have missed you. Because you are a prolific blogger, I am now obligated to page backward to the last one of your posts that I read, and spend the better part of the next few days, possibly weeks, catching up with you. I hope there is some happy stuff, as my own pages are not so happy and I'm hangin' on to every happy post I can find.
Did I say I missed you?
I'll do my best to comment again when I'm caught up. Do not expect to see another comment from me here for a while.
I really missed you...
Beautiful colors! I've been thinking of knitting a coffee cozy that I can use at my weekly knitting meetup.
Love the colors of your coffee cozy -- it reminds me of lilacs in May.... Could you whip up a nice New England cozy quick? Looks like we're going to get socked in by an Absurdly Ginormous Snowstorm.
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