Nothing to say tonight except that today marks my 1 year anniversary of teaching. (See here.) It feels at once like a lifetime and like no time at all. I suppose all really momentous things are always like this-- they have their own sense of time. I'm lost amongst the days, weeks, and months. I imagine I'll just wake up some morning and find ( Read more... )

Theme for the weekend: friends, old and new.

joemarleybob has a journal now, though he's yet to write an entry. I'm waiting patiently! Otherwise he should email me and fill me in on the events of 2001. If not I'll have to go by his webpage, and James in a wet t-shirt is hardly enough information ( Read more... )

No snow day today, we did a get a 2 hour delay. So near and yet so far. I think I woke up, turned the TV on, saw my school name, said, "There is a God," rolled over and went back to sleep. I got 10 hours of sleep, which is nothing to sneeze at. Unless you're getting a cold ( Read more... )

Snow!!! I do expect every one of you to cross your fingers for a snow day tomorrow ( Read more... )

I am stuck between decisions. Somewhere along the way I lost my plan. I used to have one. I was going to go to school, get my degree, get a job, then, um, I don't know what came after that. Now I'm just a jumble of ideas without any implementation. I want to do everything all at once, I always have. Being unable to do everything I want, I ( Read more... )

And the saga of the lazy kid continues. There's a lot of backstory here, and I'm not going to tell you everything, but here are the basics: Child comes into my class. Does minimal work in class, does nothing at home. Child loses morning recess and has notes sent home. Child still does no work. Conference with father. Father smiles and shakes ( Read more... )

Weekend. Time wasted. I cleaned out my closet, removing everything that hasn't been worn in the past 12 months. I got rid of an entire trash bag of shoes, probably 15 pairs. I think this signals an addiction. Especially since I still have 30 pairs. I'll take everything to the Storehouse (doantions for homelss/impoverished families) tomorrow ( Read more... )

I can start things like no one you know. I come up with wacky ideas all of the time, and I'm always trying something new. I suck at keeping up with things, though. I try something out, use it for a while, and move on to something else. OK in daily life, bad in my classroom. I do maintain more or less the same structure, but I always start new ( Read more... )

Goodness, but we're feeling introspective tonight. I like it, though.

The sky was perfect tonight, corrugated clouds flowing overhead. I sat in my car outside the post office and forgot about the pocketful of obligations I was carrying. Inside there is no sky to hide beneath, only harsh electric lights and stale air. And the to-do list always beckons. I'm busy craving sunshine and warmth, maybe a nice tree with ( Read more... )