In late January I finished up at the FUSD Transportation Department, where I had been asked in September 2021 to return to work temporarily as the interim Student Discipline Coordinator. Became just kinda done-with-it for a number of reasons, mostly because of the grumpy drivers, recidivistic students, uncooperative parents, and even a few unsupportive building and district admins. It felt really nice to have the luxury to be able to simply decide, "Nope. I don't want to fight about stuff anymore." When I met with the director to discuss my decision to leave my interim role in his department he basically said the same thing, "Must be nice. I'm actually a bit jealous. You did good work while you were here, thanks for your service."
Dove head-first into the whole patrol-volunteer gig after that. Went up "to work" at Snowbowl four or five days a week, five to six hours a day, from February through the end of April. Ended up having the best season of my life, despite the relatively meager winter. Skied almost 60 days in all, nearly 300 hours total, got to assist with any number of interesting/urgent calls-for-assistance, and loved every minute of it, doing what my ski-patroller supervisor calls, "skiing with a purpose."
.png){kind=icon}
