Well so far I am sketching like I wanted and I have begun some professional writing research and some of a section on conflict management. I am not quite sure what I will do with it when I finish but I feel a strong urge to write on this particular topic. I have taken a liking to checking on a mama lion and her cubs on a live stream from somewhere ( Read more... )

I told you I have been watching a lot more movies lately, and I thought I would review two that I have seen this week that caught my attention. Neither of them are new movies, but they still caught my attention for different reasons ( Read more... )

Muddy Buddy results have been posted:

We finished the 6-7 mile course in 54:27 and came in 41 out the 82 teams in our age division.

I am currently in a "now what?" stage of the summer. My father asked me what I plan to do with the rest of my time off, and I couldn't really say I had big plans. I don't want to get to the last week of July and lament on not doing this, that or the other though. Many people think I am crazy for this, but I really wish we had year round school ( Read more... )

In the past I have used LJ as a place to commemorate important experiences, and normally I am journaling a little more by this point in the summer. However, this year I was in the final day of post-planning staring at my empty desk and wondering what I should do for the next several hours as they made us stay until 4. I took a long lunch with my ( Read more... )

This must be from the poem "The Charge of the Litter Brigade"


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Stolen from everyone,


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Taking a moment of morning reflection before launching into a flurry of activity. I keep making to do lists for class only to revise them the next day. I am in class survival mode right now with three classes and the height of IEP season upon me. I want to record these crazy times because one day maybe I will read postings of times gone by and ( Read more... )

I am getting over being sick but not as bad as usual due to the snot pot and Airbourne, and just finished two crazy weeks that resulted in meetings with big wigs for kids on my caseloads ( Read more... )

I have completed the first week back at school, met my new kids, and celebrated my 30th birthday. The week was at times stressful, but overall very awesome. I wish I could talk about the kids I work with this year as they are soooo cute, and extremely interesting, but alas confidentiality forbids. I love my new position and room, and I think it ( Read more... )