I'm in Houston and I burned myself. But... but... snickerdoodles!

We went to Morrow Bay this past weekend as a giant group and I think the trip was definitely better toward the end, more so than the beginning. Marc and I talked and I think things are clean between us now, so I'm no longer twitchy about all that, though I notably ended up staying awake last night, thinking... a lot. Which is AWESOME when you're ( Read more... )

I made a southern feast tonight and now all of us are lounging on the couches holding our stomachs in the classic, "I ate too much, maybe it'll go away if I don't move" fashion. Mmm... rosemary chicken with cornbread dumplings, creamed corn, and sweet potato biscuits slathered in butter and apple butter. We're all sleepy and happy and I kind of ( Read more... )

Stillllll sick. And it sucks. I've gone through two bottles of nyquil and one bottle of cough syrup. I'm ready to stop waking up in the middle of the night to wheeze. I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon to see if we can kick this sucker ( Read more... )

Having a much better day today. And trying to rework plans for Thanksgiving, because definitely not spending them at Mountain View ( Read more... )

I have to say-- I fuckin' love it here. I love the people, I love the kids (when I'm not in charge of worrying about whether or not the eat/bathe/brush their teeth/take their meds), I love my job. It's really just that awesome. And I'm so sincerely glad I made the decision to come, even with all the anxiety preceeding it. And it's sort of sad ( Read more... )

Okay, so it's taken me this long to really relax from last week's children enough to write about it. Nah, I'm actually just a lazy bum.

( A Four Day Week At SCICON *cue 50's info film music* )

I forgot I had duty at boys village tonight.

Boy: "Ryne! You look different."
Boy 2: "Yeah. You look pretty."
Ryne: "Um... thanks... kids... I think... Go to bed."

I'm sorry... I meant 14 hour days *flump* But I'm off tomorrow at 2pm!!

I'm still staring at what should be a lesson plan and is instead a lot of incoherent scribblings in a notebook. I'm trying to feel the panic of, "this ought to be done now" and instead I'm watching a dragonfly smash itself repeatedly into the window. Good times, yo ( Read more... )

Sorry about the last post. I just generally wish people were better to each other than they were. Hug someone today. For my sake ( Read more... )