I'm sure it's hard for anyone to work when they are sick, but let me tell you, it's really hard to be a teacher when you're sick. Teaching takes a lot of energy. Little kids don't just let you sit in peace and do your work. Your work is standing, talking, explaining, walking around, keeping everyone focused and paying attention. You gotta keep ( Read more... )

The only new year's resolution I made was to be better about pictures. About organizing them, uploading them, actually sharing them instead of never getting them off the hard drive for people to see. I created an online photo album, and I'm trying to catch up a bit. Here are some pictures of my classroom from October, just about three weeks ( Read more... )

I'm sick. :(

And I still have to finish those report cards.

And my darling kitty sat on my face this morning.

HUD has me going in circles. I'm beginning to suspect they like to create programs, write about them on their website to make themselves seem like a good, useful, effective agency, but not actually let anyone use their programs. Maybe so that they don't have to do any work, or maybe they don't actually have funding for these programs. Maybe they ( Read more... )

I don't want to do my report cards. Not too excited about parent conferences next week either. But it's the report card doing that I hate ( Read more... )

It rained all weekend long. ALL weekend, and it's still raining. I'm not complaining, I like it. Good thing, since we're going to move to Portland. :D ( Read more... )

World, meet Lilliana:


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We're about to head out to Jen and Ahmad's for a party, but Robert just uploaded these pictures from our trip this summer, and I want to share first.

Here's a friend I made in Canada. ;)


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Except not in a poll format. I forgot that I didn't renew my paid account the last time it expired, and I can't make polls anymore. Oh well ( Read more... )

Robert just said to me: "Can you do me a favor? Can you not cheerlead my name in restaurants anymore?"

:D :D :D