Update

Not so much is new. In the running world I am just putting in more miles. I did 73 laast week but pulled my hamstring on my run Saturday. I was almost finished a six mile run and I felt a sharp twinge in the muscle up near the butt. It was quite sharp and actaully stopped me. Thankfully I was at the end of the run so I just walked it in. I took Sunday off and then did 5 am and 5 pm on Monday. I just ran an easy 5 today. I will run conservatively until I feel stronger. I am also doing some strengthening work to hopefully get it back to normal.

School is almost finished. We have the rest of this week and then next week which is finals week. I will be glad to wrap things up for a while. I have one more semester here and then my five year contract is up. I have started looking for a new job which always makes me start to reflect. It has been an interesting 5 years here. In a way it hass gone very quickly. What have I accomplished? I got out of debt and saved quite a bit of money. That is always good. I think I have taught well. I put a lot of effort into my classes and students. When I leave someplace I always think, Have I had an impact? Have I actually done anything of value? When I started teaching it was because I wanted to do something positive, help people, make the world better and all of those idealistic reasons. Now after many years of teaching those are still my reasons for teaching but I often wonder am I doing anything. Am I doing anything more than entertaining them for 5 months? Sometimes it is hard to tell. Every once in a while a student will say something that makes me think it is worth it, but there are times when there are long gaps between those comments. I hope I am not wasting my life. I hope I am doing important things that I am not aware of...