I think I am emotionless right now. Everything sounds good, and nothing sounds good. I am motivated, and I'm not motivated. Nothing seems to make sense. I'm happy and scared.
For Christmas this year I thought I would give the gift of a vacation to my family. I reserved six nights at the Contemporary Resort Hotel at Walt Disney World (since we already have 5 park hopper tickets good for 5 days). Our room was to overlook Bay Lake. I was so happy about getting this reserved. A couple years ago, my wife had planned a Disney vacation for us and our two kids and my mother. But my wife had to have gall bladder surgery and we didn't get to go. So this year I thought, let's do it and I will give it as a Christmas gift. Then, over casual conversation, I learned from three of my family members that a Disney vacation was something they didn't care for. In fact, they'd rather go to the mountains instead. So, I cancelled the reservations. There went that gift down the toilet.
Then, my wife began looking at mountain cabin rentals in the North Carolina and Smoky Mountain region. She finally said to me for me to just pick someplace. Well today I found a great one. Beautiful mountain views, plenty of decks, 8 foot home movie screen in a home theatre, billiards table, air hockey, games and games and games, home office for computer, two king size beds and two queen size beds, and the list goes on and on. And the place is less than a year old. I mentioned it to my wife---and I don't think she likes the idea of it.
So, as for vacation ideas---I give up for now. I so much wanted to give a vacation under the Chrismas tree this year. But---oh well.
I no longer have creativity at my job---I am a teacher. After 23 years of creative teaching, I now work in others' classrooms to help students. My pay is the same. My benefits are the same. I am an equal to all the other teachers---just as I have always been. But, my creativity is gone.
I feel kind of emotionless today. I think I just want to go home and go to bed.
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"My journey has just begun."