VACA seeks dating - Life's too short to sit on the sidelines and wait

Well, I have basically two seasons, work and summer. As a teacher I sort of get summers off (I say sort of, because I still have to go in from time to time to get things prepped for next year and I also have to manage a bunch of things for the soccer season, which begins in late July). In the summer I try to travel as much as possible. I think you can learn a great deal about yourself when you visit other cultures and people. I've been throughout Asia and lived in Japan for a year, but in the last few years each summer I spent a few weeks in China and Central America, and this summer I will probably tour around Canada for a few weeks. During the school year, a typical day is get up around 5 or 6, drive an hour to work, teach (I won't go into all the details of that now), then leave work around 6. I always make it a point to fill my day as much as possible with good things that I enjoy, but at times I just get lazy. I'm trying to get rid of most of my distractions to become more efficient and make the most of time, so next year I'll probably have a different schedule. I'm thinking of getting rid of the tv in my bedroom to make it a more peaceful place. I'm trying to streamline my life right now, so I'm in the process of throwing out and sorting through a lot of old things. So that's a day in my life. I love learning little facts and then seeing how everything connects, how seemingly unimportant details can give you a mosaic picture of the way life works. I've started to realize more that life is really made up of the connections you make with other people, and so I am beginning to make sure that my life is full of opportunities to experience new and different things with new and different people. I want to be great at my job, and I work very hard at it, but I know that if I were to disappear tomorrow, life would go on at school. I have begun to make sure I am taking more time for myself and enjoying all the things that life has to offer. As for my idea of a perfect date, hmm, that's tough. It would have to be unique and interesting, not the same old dinner and a movie thing. Spontaneity is key, and probably something outdoors or active at the very least. I guess the date would have parts, like an active part at the beginning, followed by a little romantic one on one time at the end where I could really mentally connect with a girl away from large groups of people. Other than that, I haven't really thought about the perfect date.