My Slice of Life

I grab my coffee cup and take a hurried sip, hoping that the caffeine will blast through my body and prepare me for the day.  I quickly scan the room for anything I might have forgotten: setting up computers, turning on the projector, or any other thing that might have slipped my mind in the rush of the morning.   I then flip the light switch off leaving the room dimly lit by lamps.  As I walk through the halls to the cafeteria I utter random hellos and good mornings to other teachers and students.  The buzz of noise floods my head as I get closer to the cafeteria.  My eyes scan for my student who waits for me at the entrance every morning.  I find him and give him a big good morning smile.  We walk into the loud, chaotic cafeteria together and my Thursday begins.