Life is that way...

I like to ride my motorcycle. No it is not a Harley but I love it anyway. Yesterday it needed gas so I took my 10 year old son with me to the small town of Otho to get gas. This was also the day it was 110 degree heat index. We were enjoying the ride going the long way around on the river road and just started up the hill which winds through beautiful trees and is very park like and the bike starts sputtering. I was running out of gas...who would of thought? So I choose to give it all the gas that was left and cranked the throttle back. Well we made it to the top and rolled into the gas station. My son reflected that we could of pushed it up the rest of the way... he is so young and positive minded. Well at the gas station for a reward I bought us a king size chocolate candy bar. Did I say it was 110 degrees outside? By the time we got our helmets on and the bike started we were practically drinking the candy bar. We had chocolate all over everything , the bike mirror , gas tank, hands, seat, and helmet. Time to go home. What a great ride! Why? I was with someone I love, we were doing something we loved, eating something we loved , what is not to enjoy? The running out of gas and getting chocolate all over just adds to the story.
Now the segway.....
I hope next year as my first year as assistant principal that I appreciate that I am with people I love, doing something we all love (teaching ), consuming something we love (education, learning). All the other things just add to the story....AND I MEAN IT!!!!!!