So tomorrow I'm supposed to go to a brunch at my old friend Brendan's. He and Christopher have one every year for Pride. The guests arrive, we eat a breakfast and kibitz, and then we all walk down the street to watch the parade. It's no challenge. The only challenge is driving over the canyons and finding parking. Truly, parking is terrible -not as terrible as it is on Halloween, but still a pain.

If anyone is reading this post from Connexion, you probably know I had my status expressing my current stress, "WHY do my finals, closing out classes, and Pride all have to happen at the same time?! DAMN IT!" So far I've managed to live through my students finals. Up next, my working on all my late final projects for a supplementary credential course I'm taking through CSULB, studying for the final on Tuesday, and that little Pride brunch I promised to attend. I have to admit, the invitations to various Pride events have been kind, but there's no way in hell I can do all this work, do that kind of socializing, and breathe at the same time. I don't "multi-task". In fact, I think some people who multi-task are not giving one hundred percent of their effort to some of their work; and I take great pride in doing a good job.

Anyway, I'm going to make it to the brunch tomorrow and call it a year. I'll probably have a lot more time to visit WeHo during the summer as I'm not going to teach summer school. Money might be tighter, but at least my nerves won't be. My principal wasn't so thrilled about finding a replacement for me during the vacation, but I think she'll survive. The students may be in for more of a challenge. I've heard that my replacement is a veteran for the form and rules of the district, and I'm not sure ow she's going to adjust to the less than orderly compliance of the students at a continuation high school (not to mention that termagant that runs the attendance office, Mrs. O.)

Just a few hours of distraction tomorrow is all I need before the last week of school finals and the new beginning of a summer off.