Closing Time

Close to 950 miles. 16-hour days. And more eye make-up remover than I’ve used in the last 2 years.


That’s what I’ve logged over the last 2 weeks, and tonight was Closing Night of “Dividing the Estate.” We all came back to the dressing room after our last curtain call as a cast, and I said in typical Hawk/White Sox Announcer fashion, “…This show is OVAHHHH!”

My NU Wildcats have their best season record in school history. The Bears were undefeated until tonight. The weather has dropped below 80’F at night, and it feels like heaven. The stars and the sunset have no rivals in the beauty pagent of nature. Dragon flies and butterflies are all aflutter. Moss Point High School has been in session officially nine weeks, and this week is Homecoming Week. Tomorrow, the students get to wear college gear. I hope that includes the teachers because I’ll be showing up in serious purple pride. Nine weeks’ exams start Tuesday. Our football record is 3-3, after losing to an undefeated Vancleave High School. For the record, Vancleave is the town the rest of the MS Gulf Coast teases for being redneck. It's sorta cute, like when there's a kid at school that even the SpEd kids make fun of... But my boys lost to Vancleave, just like every other school they've played. If we can’t beat the redneck schools, we’re really going to have to start bringing those test scores up.

My classroom still smells like urine warmed over, but not breathing in mold the last two days really puts me in a good mood.