Aruba School Day

I watched a group of children walk happily to the water for their swim lesson.  Each group of 5 had an adult supervisor while in water.

Wonder if these kids have to deal with Common Core testing?

A day like this teaches important things that cannot be learned from books.

Some Aruba Pictures

Wifi Aruba sucked big time so I couldn't post too many pictures while there.  Here are a few, posted in their usual spot on Facebook.

One Thing I Miss

Lifted from a former student's Facebook page:

okay midterms BRING IT!! good bye to everything for now. Its just gonna be me and my buddies the textbooks!!!

Kids like her make me miss being in the classroom.  (Maybe not enough to give up a trip to Aruba for.)

Home

But I will be back.

After Sunset

They say that home is where the heart is.  Mine is in Aruba.  I can't believe the week is over.  It went so fast.  Next year I need two weeks.

At the airport with no plane in sight.  Hopefully it will be here and we can leave on time. We'll be back to the cold soon.

Don't Begrudge My Pension--I Earned It

I was talking to a guy on the beach and I told him I am a retired teacher.  He told me I must be doing really well, living high and mighty on a big fat tax payer subsidized pension.  I told him I am living comfortably on money I worked hard for and saved.

This man owns his own business and two huge houses with swimming pools. He is staying in a penthouse suite with 4 other people.  He is paying for everything.

I don't begrudge him the money he earned.  He got it doing business with people like me, people who might have a little more if he only charged a lot less for what he did for them.  I didn't earn anywhere close to what he earns and my pension is not even close to his income now.  He, and others like him, shouldn't begrudge my pension now.  I contributed to it and earned it and I am entitled to what it buys me now.

(Pictured is what I am looking at as I post.)

Hotel At Night

Another Sunset

I could live here forever.

Facebook Justified To Me

I'm not much of a Facebook user, except for posting pictures but I finally see its use.  It was great to sign on all week, and particularly this morning to see all my friends remembering my birthday and sending along good wishes.

Celebrating in the Aruba sunshine.....

View

As I ate breakfast and surfed the Internet this morning.

Hello From Aruba

Continental screwed up our airline reservations so we had to leave out of Newark.  I came up with the idea of staying in a motel near the airport which worked out great.  $124 bought us a night with breakfast and a week of parking.

The flight was smooth, the weather is great.  Right now I am sitting on one of our two balconies overlooking the ocean and the pool using the Internet and sipping my beer.

Enjoy your 60 degree weather.  I know I will enjoy the weather here.