Why does it all have to be fried?

Man, I have been having some cravings like no other for anything fresh and vegetable-like. After a week and a half of eating the local deep fried fare I finally can't take it any longer. Fried Shrimp Po’ Boys, Fried Catfish everything, Fried Sac-au-lait fish, Fried Chicken, French fries….i'm cutting back. My last three meals have consisted of salad, salad, and a variation on the first two. I have heard that when people go to Antarctica for extended periods of time they get cravings for what they call “freshies”. Now I have even more respect for what one might have to go through in such a place. I have been on the lookout for local farmer's markets and have heard that there are some out of town. I also heard that New Roads had one in the past; something that might be worth looking into- it is such an agricultural area.

The classroom is almost set up, now I need to begin my work on lesson planning. We have a pacing guide that pretty much dictates what we will teach and when. We cover so many different content areas in science; I don’t think there would be any way for a regular multidisciplinary teacher to cover close to half of the material.

Tonight when I was riding my bike home, I was followed by a truck spraying a large plume of pesticides up into the air, all throughout the neighborhood. I have heard that this practice to limit West Nile and other mosquito-born diseases. I have also heard that the amount of spray that is used doesn’t really do anything for the bugs, but instead just gives the feeling of "security " to local residents. Trying to outrun the spray of that truck did not make me feel safe at all.

More about the bugs later, large and small.