It's been a fun summer so far. Alex and I are just hanging out. I like teaching for this reason, if nothing else. I get the summer to play and re-bond with my kiddo. I'm not rushed (unless it's self-imposed rushing, never "we have to get there NOW or I'll get FIRED!!") and we can just play and be silly and lazy and do puzzles or go to the zoo or ( Read more... )

I accepted a job offer a couple of weeks ago. It's still teaching, but at a different school ( Read more... )

I am feeling overwhelmed. The last time I was in school, it was all so easy. I had to plan "school work time" around things like "talking to friends" and "playing around" and the very important "drinking." My calendar was not really full and I was focused enough and a quick enough learner/reader/writer that I had a pretty easy time getting good ( Read more... )

I had a good, relaxing Christmas break. Three weeks off is just wonderful...it's the (probably ONLY) reason I keep teaching ( Read more... )

Cleaning is overrated ( Read more... )

My word of the day is "ruthless ( Read more... )

My dad has his kidney removed yesterday. Apparently there is a big tumor on it. Looks cancerous, so I don't know where he will go from here. We are meeting in CA for Christmas. He was supposed to come on 22 Dec, but he's going to be late. My mom and brother will go ahead, and he's not allowed to fly until the 25 or 26. I hope that it all works out ( Read more... )

I just got my acceptance letter for grad school. I start in January, working on an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. I'm a little bit overwhelmed by the idea, as I still feel overwhelmed at least once a week just with my current obligations, but what the hell, if I don't start sometime, I'll always have a reason not to do it--work and family are ( Read more... )

So, I got that new bike. Well, it's an old bike, really, but NEW TO ME! It was a Craigslist bike that was in decent condition and I figured that for the price, if this was just a passing fad for me, I wouldn't have to feel TOO bad about it sitting in my carport collecting dust. I do plan to take it to the bike shop soon and get a little tune-up ( Read more... )

I could get used to this free time thing. Yesterday I ruthlessly took 3 bags of stuff to Goodwill, did a ton of laundry and started to put together the frame for the garden. I didn't finish because using the saw kind of frightens me. I'm not actually afraid of the saw, I just wanted someone to hold the wood while I cut. I didn't want to mess up the ( Read more... )