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end of the month reflection
i want to try to update my journal more often, thought not nearly as frequently as i did at my peak. there are things i experience that are definitely worth writing about and recalling in ways that only reading a journal entry can allow me to. i don't really know or understand why i am not writing as much. part of me thinks because i don't think of ( Read more... ) -
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today gaby arrived in town to spend time with me. it will be the last time she sees me before she goes away to florence for a year. we were trying to fit in all the quality hijinks and fun we could think of for each day, so tonight we started with a screening of tropic thunder. about ten minutes into the movie i get a text from kevin. he wants my ( Read more... ) -
captain's log
awesome nicknames for my cat that rhys and i have developed ( Read more... ) -
moms
watching my grandma die has been a very surreal experience ( Read more... ) -
MORE COWBELL!
Upon hearing that I pierced my nose, an unhappy and sarcastic Rhys declares ( Read more... ) -
really, guy upstairs? really??
for a really long time the apartment above us was vacant and it was delightfully quiet, especially because the whole building has wood floors. when you take a hard step up there, it is a HARD step ( Read more... ) -
not dead
so i haven't updated since september ( Read more... ) -
documentation
the last two weeks have been intense. i started my new job at cds and while there are a lot of things i think i'm doing well and succeeding at, there are at least as many (if not more) that have me questioning my abilities. last year i got so lucky to have the kids and classes i did. even 7th period, as often as they could be slugs, was composed of ( Read more... ) -
a professional conflict, kind of
one of the cool but weird things that happened this year was that a few of my students decided i was worth hanging out with outside of my classroom. they don't feel weird about wanting to be friends with a teacher, which is pretty cool of them, because i wouldn't expect that out of a group of high schoolers. they are all girls, so that eases up my ( Read more... ) -
23rd year
having people say congratulations on your birthday is so weird. happy birthday is cool and appreciated. congratulations just kind of makes me think wtf? is it really something to be congratulated for? survival? i guess it is contextual. like... in a third world country, living to 23 as a healthy young lady might be worth a congrats. does that mean ( Read more... )