Ok, I completely understand April when she says it could be long-term catastrophic that the Red Sox actually won the World Series. I have friends from Boston and they were going bananas last night, or so I heard over the phone. But when I think about it, it's true that all they did was bitch and moan about how sucky the Red Sox are. Now, they can't do that. I remember watching "The Curse of the Bambino" on HBO and how all these Bostonians were saying (especially Denis Leary) : But what if they win one day? What then? There's a deep pride in knowing that you're cheering a team that you know is going to lose. That says something about the character of a person. And what... we just won't have that anymore if they win? There's a part of me that doesn't want to see them win.
Of course, everyone was great at the actual bitching and moaning when the documentary covered the 84 World Series and the famous Bill Buckner incident. That was great. Quotes like: "If you go into a bar and even mention the name Bill Buckner, there are some who would have coniption fits." I can't remember who said that, but I thought it was a great quote, just for the word coniption. I'm not even sure I'm spelling that right because I've never had to write it down before.
But in other news, I'm all pretty today. Why? Well, I'm teaching my German class tonight. Have to look decent for my students... right? Ok, so I'm not totally dolled up, but my hair is nice and straight and I'm wearing my new pink pants. Yes, pink! That not-so-bright pink that makes you think of Pepto. It looks nice on me actually. And Lydia and I went out last night... to the Cheesecake Factory. We had Bailey's coffee, crabcakes and OF COURSE, cheesecake. We shared everything except our drinks of course. And we got the key lime cheesecake. I wanted to get the chocolate mousse cheesecake, but then I remembered the last time I had cheesecake from The Factory. It had chocolate in it and I barely finished half of it. And I was sharing it. So, a fruity one instead last night. Ah, it was so delicious. But it was just so fun to sit down, eat good food and talk. I mean, talk about stuff that isn't boys, work or whatever else that is stressing me out. So, although I got home after ten and still had to take a shower, I feel very relaxed today. That might be the other reason I got kinda pretty today.
We're having an event tonight at the school: carving pumpkins, caramel apples, etc. I think everyone else might be wearing a costume, or at least a few people will be. And thankfully, I can't be there. I'll be teaching, but I wish I could go. Like I wish I could stick around and eat a caramel apple, but I don't know if I'd like being around all the kids and teachers that'll be there. And I know I don't like carving pumpkins. I'm always gonna leave that job to someone else.
So, I actually feel like I might get stuff done today. Like before everything goes crazy. The schedule, even though we have lots of new students, is good. We might even have more lessons in November than we will this month. We're up over 1300 for October, but our plan for the month is 1450 or so. So, no making plan. But some months we were dragging and only had about 900 lessons. So, anything over 1200 is a good thing to me. November is looking about 1300 or more and it's not even November yet. So, we might even make the year's plan.
But I'm no expert at that. We'll see how it goes. I'm going to get more work done. Because I can.... :)