TG (goodness) IF

So far not too overwhelmed, but it's early yet.  Full impact of the new school year doesn't hit until October.  I'm taking on private cello students this year (really need the income).  Don't know how many will sign up on the registration night; instruction begins the week of the 24th.  Haven't had to do it in a while, it does eat into my after school organizing time (the kids go home at three; I'm frequently working another 3 - 5 hours after they leave).  It'll just have to happen on the weekends now.

Maybe this is the year I learn how not to be ADD? 

Hubby was looking over my shoulder a few minutes ago when my profile was on the screen.

"You forgot artist.  Remember that self-portrait?  You're a teacher, a cellist, a bodybuilder, a cyclist, a cook, a writer, you... (here he mentioned a skill that I am NOT going to share with you)!  What's left for you to master?"

Bless him!

Sigh - but I don't feel like I've MASTERED anything.  Gotten good at, well sure, but mastered?  Played at, tried out, experimented with, yeah.  I've frequently commented to friends about what it's like to work for the affluent suburb that employs me: "I'm a 70-watt bulb.  Almost, but not quite, bright enough."

I suppose it boils down to "is 'good enough' good enough ?"

::singing in my best Bing Crosby::

Would you like to swing on a star
carry moonbeams home in a jar
and be better off than you are
or would you rather be a mule

A mule is an animal with long funny ears
he kicks up at anything he hears
His back is brawny but his brain is weak
he's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak
and by the way if you hate to go to school
You may grow up to be a mule

Oh would you like to swing on a star
carry moonbeams home in a jar
and be better off than you are
or would you rather be a pig

A pig is an animal with dirt on his face
his shoes are a terrible disgrace
He has no manners when he eats his food
He's fat and lazy and extremely rude
But if you don't care a feather or a fig
you may grow up to be a pig

Oh would you like to swing on a star
carry moonbeams home in a jar
and be better off than you are
or would you rather be a fish

A fish won't do anything but swim in a brook
he can't write his name or read a book
to fool the people is his only thought
and though he's slippery he still gets caught
but if then that sort of life is what you wish
you may grow up to be a fish
(music)
a new kind of jumped up slippery fish

And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo
everyday you see quite a few
so you see it's all up to you,
you could be better than you are
you could be swinging on a star