It's the beginning of a new month. When this happens I have to remember to go around my house and turn all the calendars to the new month. I forgot this last month and one of my calendars stayed on April for the majority of May.

This is also the beginning of hurricane season. We always hear how bad the season is going to be. They told us last year there would be lots of hurricanes but that didn't happen. How much can we believe them this year? I think we'll just have to see how it turns out. There is already a tropical storm in the gulf. Maybe they'll be closer to their predictions this year.

At this time of the year I think about the end of the school year coming. Looking at the calendar and seeing the whole month at a glance makes it easier to see the end of another school year. I'm finishing my 20th year of teaching in just over 2 weeks. I can't wait. I enjoy the summers so much. Once the summer begins, it ends so quickly. The summers just fly by. The warmer temperatures and the longer days already make me think summer is here. I'm so ready to relax this summer.

I must have slept on my back wrong last night. My lower back is causing some pain. It hurts to walk. So…what should I do?

I’ve been watching a lot of coverage of the shootings at Virginia Tech. I’m saddened by the lost of life of course. During the 911 tragedy I didn’t have any direct connection to anyone involved. My brother was in the Pentagon when it was hit but he was on his way out of the building at the time the plane crashed into the building.

Today we found out more about the people who were killed at Virginia Tech. At work we found out that one of the students who was killed was a former student at our school. We looked her up in the year books to see if we remembered her. In fact we sure did. She left her impression on our school. Her younger brother was a student at our school just 2 years ago. Our faculty was very quiet today, especially those who were teaching at the time she was a student at our school.

This is the first time I’ve actually known someone killed in a tragedy like this. I’m very sad about this and wonder why this was done. I’m sure in the days and weeks to come more light will be shed on the reasons behind this. The shooter also happens to be from my area of Northern Virginia. He lived just about 20 minutes from my school. He graduated from a high school in my county. I feel bad for Virginia. Not only do we now have the worst mass murder in the history of our country, but the murderer is from my area, and I knew one of the students killed. Not a happy day at all.

I forget where I saw this but it’s a new condom ad for the Durex XXL condoms. Ouch! The question I have is why isn’t it a man with the little bandaids on his mouth? I think they should us a man’s mouth for the ads in gay publications.

I can’t remember the last time it snowed in April. According to the weather man this morning it was 1990. I don’t remember it. This morning I woke up early, looked out the window and saw that it had snowed about 1 inch during the night. I was surprised because the snow had pretty much covered the cars but not the roads and hadn’t completely covered the grass. It kind of looks odd with snow on the ground and buds popping on the trees. It’s now cold and windy and there are some snow flurries flying in the air. The snow was a nice surprise but I’m think I’m done with winter and ready for some warmer weather.

In other news, the boyfriend is in New Orleans visiting his family for the easter holiday. I am missing him but trying to keep myself busy. He’ll be back in a few days. We always spend weekends together and even though I knew ahead of time we wouldn’t be together this weekend, I still miss him.