Hanging on...

It's all over- school finally begins today. And I'm having a fever.

I think I've been drinking too much coffee and working too many late nights on my internship. Thankfully this semester will be relatively light so I'll hopefully be able to recover soon without some insane schedule hitting me straight between the eyes right away. Jude starts teaching today and I think I'm about as excited for him as he is about the whole thing. It's going to be hard work of course, but I know he'll do a great job :)

So something that's been helping me get through these past days- Pink Martini and their Hang on Little Tomato (link to streaming audio). Their sound is an eclectic mix of samba, classical, jazz and even trip hop, but this track in particular is a lovely gem. Sweet, whimsical, and so full of hope. So to all of you for whom the next three & a half months are just going to be one fantastic circus of pedagogical acrobatics, academic pins to juggle, and rings of teaching fire to jump through, just keep hanging on! Like a little tomato...

Hang on Little Tomato
The sun has left and forgotten me
It’s dark, I cannot see
Why does this rain pour down
I’m gonna drown
In a sea
Of deep confusion

Somebody told me, I don’t know who
Whenever you are sad and blue
And you’re feelin’ all alone and left behind
Just take a look inside and you will find

You gotta hold on, hold on through the night
Hang on, things will be all right
Even when it’s dark
And not a bit of sparkling
Sing-song sunshine from above
Spreading rays of sunny love

Just hang on, hang on to the vine
Stay on, soon you’ll be divine
If you start to cry, look up to the sky
Something’s coming up ahead
To turn your tears to dew instead

And so I hold on to this advice
When change is hard and not so nice
If you listen to your heart the whole night through
Your sunny someday will come one day soon to you
- Pink Martini