it was an awesome game ( Read more... )

I should be getting stuff ready. I leave in a 1/2 hour to go home. The kids have left, and there's only one more day until the "weekend", except the day that is left is until 8:00. I'm taking off the weekend because steve has the weekend off. Even if he didn't, I would take the damn weekend off. This has been the week from the inner depths of ( Read more... )

living in st louis at home is an awesome experience, but a bit strange too. there are so many things that are different and yet the same. i went to the homecoming game today at clayton. it was like a flashback to my high school days. a few things have changed: gay field has astro turf, a black track instead of red, the band got new uniforms, ( Read more... )

Northwestern started back yesterday ( Read more... )

so it was another bad day. 2nd period was particularly form of hostile and it was just wretched in 4th period. 6th period wasn't even as bad as 2nd or 4th. 2nd is just plain mean. 4th was wound up to a degree that was just amazing. this is nuts ( Read more... )

friday night was really awesome. steve and i did something out of the ordinary - we went to csc happy hour. we got to meet a few new people, run into laura riley who i hadn't seen awhile, and hang out with gary. he's so great. the best was seeing gobs of people out on the lawn, hanging out and chatting. it really struck me as we wandered ( Read more... )

I do believe last year at this time I was about to begin student teaching. I was up in Chicago in a strange place, feeling very scared and unsure of myself ( Read more... )

i dont know if i did the right thing. it was my gut instinct at the moment. usually that gut instinct doesnt get me anywhere ( Read more... )

I could think about all the great things at this new school I'm at. but honestly, that's not the mood I am in. I'm hot, eaten by mosquiotes, and as scared and stressed as one could be. It's one of those moments, just gotten back from trying to get more things for teaching, when I just wish I was in an easier profession. Or at least I had ( Read more... )

i graduated and barely had time to think. i came home and started teaching aim high ( Read more... )