Musings on the week

I spent most of this week on Long Island, where I made liberal use of my relatives' pool. My aunt only works part-time, and so I went in the pool in the morning and then in the afternoon we went out. In the evening, my cousins came over and we watched movies, went mini-golfing, and played board games. I discovered that I really suck at Scrabble. I already knew that I sucked at mini-golf, but I was surprised to learn that there is more to Scrabble than having a decent vocabulary.

I have come to the conclusion that, like the city, Long Island is really very nice for the fabulously wealthy. Everyone else lives in the shit part of town and has to fight the crowds for the affordable things to do. Long Island has beautiful historic villages and peaceful beaches where I would love to live, or even just rent a vacation home. My aunt and I spent one afternoon walking around the shops near the ferry dock in Port Jefferson. The town also has a community theater where my aunt and my uncle like to go.

Sadly, I am not fabulously wealthy, and I hate traffic. I therefore would not want to live on Long Island.

Well. I'd consider it if I got a teaching job out there - Long Island teachers can make bank!

I am giving serious thought to what it would take to move again. I always come back to the same conclusion, which is that I need to either switch careers, or become best friends with a high school principal. In the meantime, I hope that my English experience will help my resume, and keep watching the news for word on an economic recovery.