#jan first

[unreformedcarrots]

[thosereblogs]

[invincible-selfxmade-punk]

There is a bit of a tradition/ superstition in South about eating black eyed peas on January 1st for good luck. I don't believe that at all. There were years where I made absolutely sure I can assumed some at all cost even scraping together money to get a can of Black Eyed Peas when I didn't have any money for anything else. And those years turned out to be horrible.

There is also a superstition about what you do on New Year's Day being something that you will do for the rest of the year or at least it sets the tone.

But today was a usual day. I woke up, had coffee, got on Tumblr as usual. I went to Walmart because our microwave, that had lasted 10 years, finally gave its last gasp last night

Going to Walmart on January 1st is perfect because basically everybody else was sleeping in from getting drunk the night before. There was almost nobody there. And the Christmas merch was 75% off so I was able to get a lot of small things like shower gel and bath bombs to give away to students to ace their test.

I worked for 2 hours in my classroom, came home and made dinner and all is well. So hopefully this level of contentment and productivity lasts the entire year.

[mindokyu]

Happy Birthday, my hero.