As you’re probably aware, this site has a very intricate and well-staffed “audience relations” department. Feedback indicates that if there’s one thing people like reading about, it’s my extracurricular life.
People just want to know, “What do you, Travis Robertson, do in your free time?” while recognizing teachers, as humble public servants, have so very little time to themselves.
Well, the fax has just been sent in. To U of C’s continuing education department, read: ContEd, for Mindfulness Meditation. Hopefully, there’s room so one day a week this next term I’ll go listen to the universe a bit more fully. We’ll see. The best part is it’s a two-stop-hop on the LRT line C-Train.
As for the shorter-term. I head to a “general meeting” of ALL Calgary Teachers tomorrow. That’s kind of exciting. Most know that I kind of dig being in rooms full of my kind (read: teachers). Then after that, it’s a play Oliver Twist, organized by, yet again, a fellow teacher. Friday it’s looking like I make a return visit to Edmonton. It seems, the city just can’t get enough of me. It happens.
This summer’s true extracurricular goal, La Belle Province, is still a waiting game. Admitedly, I wake-up each morning with an itch to book some kind of West Jet flight. Yes, it’s probably good to slow it down some… but I’m not used to the “no breaks planned” thing. My last chunks of time off had been planned well… since I learned of this lovely year-round modified calendar.
Okay, back to work. In order to have extra-curricular aspects to my life, the curricular aspects need to stay in tune. Happy Hump Day.