Day 35. Victory.

Today I guess there were some kids in class. I gave a quiz, etc. Teacher things. However today was about me. Today was about fighting the few monsters that still exist in our peripheral vision. The Dire Wolves don't hunt us, and none of us are hurled from the clouds by eagles as our ancestry was. No, today's dragons exist in fine print and deadlines and the unmistakable urge modern man has to complicate a life that should be one of eating avocados and playing with Legos.

Today I wrestled my personal vexation and impediment to a life lived fully. Insurance. While the students were all at lunch I convinced my insurance company that the five foot, by 3 foot shed in my backyard was probably not worth 31,000 dollars. There was quite a bit of other wrangling but this was a victory. It is as close as I've come to wrestling dragons, mythical or otherwise (except for the several times I've had actual conflicts with alligators, but I guess you can just ask me about that) as I have ever been or ever want to be.

Being an adult often just feels like homework with more dire consequences. But other times I get to eat avocados and play with Legos. Like right now.