I walked into the Loyola Park field house to find about 25 people lining the hallway for boxing class. Today was the beginning of the summer session there; LaFollette Park's summer session began a week ago. "Woo! There are a lot of people here today!" I said as I walked down the hall. Several of the new people smiled.
I didn't do much of a workout because I was very stiff. Most times I can work the stiffness out, but it wasn't happening. Besides, it was very packed in that small gym, so I thought it would be better to help both Alan and Paul get the new people situated.
William told me that he was going to public school for the first time in the fall. "I've been homeschooled all of my life," he said. I know a few kids who are being homeschooled, but I have not come across many teens who have been. I hope the transition is not too difficult for him, especially since William will be starting high school.
As Alan drove me home later, I told him, "I like my job at LaFollette Park, but I don't dig the office politics and gossip." After having been caught running my mouth about things I didn't have the facts straight about early on in my working life, I learned to stay above and out of office gossip culture as much as possible. However, the run-in I had with Tina at LaFollette Park a week ago also proves that despite one not buying into the gossip game, there are others who will not only take the ball but keep running with it while refusing to recognize the path is heading into the wrong goalpost. We can't really change what people want to believe about us. But dealing with pettiness and foolishness caused by those beliefs is a pain in my backside.
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