January 22, 2024

Monday Morning

By Joe

Some days, it’s just hard to get up and get going. Unlike the comic strip cat Garfield, I don’t exactly hate Mondays. Some Mondays aren’t so bad, but on this Monday, I just want to go back to bed. I don’t have a long list of things I need to do at work today; in fact, the list is pretty short. I’ll spend most of the day doing research to prepare for a couple of classes I’ll be teaching in the coming weeks. One of the things I love about preparing for a class is that I can get totally immersed in preparations and time goes by fairly quickly. If it wasn’t for the fact that my glucose levels tend to fall really low if I don’t eat causing me to feel awful, I’d probably forget to eat lunch. It has happened before. It still doesn’t mean that I want to be awake and going to work this Monday morning, but as Gloria Gaynor sang, “I Will Survive.”

About Joe

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I began my life in the South and for five years lived as a closeted teacher, but am now making a new life for myself as an oral historian in New England. I think my life will work out the way it was always meant to be. That doesn't mean there won't be ups and downs; that's all part of life. It means I just have to be patient. I feel like October 7, 2015 is my new birthday. It's a beginning filled with great hope. It's a second chance to live my life…not anyone else's. My profile picture is "David and Me," 2001 painting by artist Steve Walker. It happens to be one of my favorite modern gay art pieces. View all posts by Joe
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