Merry Birth-Of-The-American-Idiot Day!

Well Internet, I am going on vacation.  Albeit, a short vacation but a vacation none-the-less.  Even one day will make a world of difference as the students culture here at Mountain-Top Hell School has taken a complete nose-dive over the past month and, quite frankly, I feel like I am jumping from a sinking ship.  Happily.  While whistling a jaunty tune.  I have dealt with a lot of confused and misguided students over my two years but the this past month has truly taken the cake.  The energy here is completely negative And toxic. I know that public school is no walk in the park but at least you get some type of break that lasts longer then a four day weekend.  My battery has been drained over the past two years and I am ready to a recharge.   

One way I have started to recharge that battery is to significantly cut down my hours here at school, and at home.  My work hasn’t suffered, as it is not college application season and my pace slows anyways, but I have started to seriously detach from the emotional crisis’ that happen here on a daily basis.  I am trying hard to not engage and therefor, am leaving more and more work at school instead of carrying it like a wounded comrade back to my barracks.  It feels good.  It feels like freedom.  But I digress, and bitching to anyone other then the person you married, and so must legally listen to you whine and complain, is unfair and does not help to fill a ladies social calendar.

One other step I have been taking is to take days off that I normally would not have.  This includes 4th of July.  I’m so pumped as this is the first 4th I will have had off since 2005 (when Josie was just a scant 2.5 months old.)  Last Independence Day I was honored for my dedication with a speeding ticket, my 3rd of the year! (Sorry, but that one still stings….)  This Independence Day I am going celebrate the Founding Fathers supreme hyprocrisy (and their Whig-followers supreme sacrifice) by drinking many Amurrican-made beers & wine.  On my list for tomorrow:

Sam Adams (duh)  – flavorful brew named after the famous Son of Liberty but not actually brewed by him.  Ever.  Despite popular belief.  Though he was a brewer, so were most people in the 1700’s.  I am partial to the Cherry Wheat style.   

Magic Hat  – A Vermont treasure, the Magic Hat was started in a garage in Burlington in the 1990’s.  they make unique brews that capture the spirit if fun.  Their most famous is probably #9, which has made it’s way to most major US cities, but it is their seasonal varietals that really blow my mind.  My personal favorite for a summer day is Hocus pocus.  A rich, yet light, brew that has hint of honey wheat but Magic Hat does this bit well, not like other honey wheat-based beers.  The honey is smooth and more of a background supporting the brew rather then a sickly-sweet front note.

And since your Average Mom can not live on barley and hops alone, here is what I will sipping tomorrow to celebrate American-made vino!

Williamette Valley Vineyards 2006 Pinot Noir – one of my favs, this rich red has fruit loaded flavor that is backed up by a earthy back notes that put a bag of rich potting soil to shame.  It smells like eating licorice in a violet patch and feels spicy all the way to my swollen liver.  Purrrfect for BBQ. 

So, go forth and celebrate the birth of the United States of America, it’s founding slave-owners, power hungry politicians, brothers while drinking from the cup of the good ol’ US of A.  I know I will!