She never slows down ( Read more... )

This is why I love my roommates so much.

Confession time: I've developed a slight addiction to weather.com. The problem is, this time of year, knowing the temperature makes me not want to leave my warm room. When I checked the weather this morning, it told me it was 22° outside, with a windchill of 10°. I know it's been much colder here, but I still don't have to like it ( Read more... )

I'm filling this out more due to a sense of tradition than due to actually thinking this blog reflects the way my year went.

Go to your Calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2007 (not including memes of course). Post the first line(s) of it in your journal, and that's your "Year In Review".

January 3So, for Christmas, my wonderful ( Read more... )

If this weren't my last week of student teaching, I would be way more excited about having a snow day today. As it is, I'm thinking, "Wait, what? One less day with my students?" Also, we have two concerts at the end of the week, but oh well.

On the other hand, I get to go back to bed!!

Today, I
• woke up at 6
• ice-skated out to the parking lot (in the dark)
• scraped a solid layer of ice off my car
• drove across town, minimizing the slipping and sliding as much as possible
• played at two church services with flute choir
• ate monkey bread
• drove back across town
• ice-skated back to my dorm

Now, I want to • walk ( Read more... )

Picture the scene: 18 kindergartners are sitting on the floor of the elementary music room. I have just gotten them all settled down and ready to start music. "Kindergartners, I have to tell you something. The next time you come to music will be the last time that I will be your music teacher. After that, Mrs. Wright will be your teacher again ( Read more... )

So I know I haven't posted in forever, and mostly things are going fabulously, and I love teaching (most days), but this post is going to 99% composed of whining ( Read more... )

Sleeping late on Saturdays is probably the laziest thing I let myself do, but it's amazing what a change it can have on my state of mind ( Read more... )

There are certain products, like Advil and skim milk, of which I will buy the generic brand because I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same as the normal brand. There are other products that I am slowly learning NOT to buy the generic of. The new one on my list? Shaving gel ( Read more... )