I remember being fired. It wasn’t so much being fired as being released from my contract. The reason they gave was that “it wasn’t a good fit.” My skills, abilities, competences, struggles, failures, and passions just weren’t enough to get the results they wanted. They wanted me to teach-which I was very capable of doing-but I was not able to ( Read more... )

I am 3 units away from my master's degree. approximately two more months of school. a handful of assignments and hoops to jump through. student teaching is not quite kicking my butt, but i am dreading the prospect of calling the parents of my students and telling them that the kids are failing and being lazy in class. i am optimistic, but my ( Read more... )

what's-her-face has been on that other social networking site with the F, so recently i have been posting there ( Read more... )

mostly the same stuff, different year. still working for the large cellular service provider, in school to get the credential, kid in high school, lovely boyfriend, many cats ( Read more... )

this whole working while going to school thing is for the birds. i really enjoy the money i get from working, and my job takes up just enough of my day to leave me little time for anything else besides dinner and small chit-chat with the family when i get home. my days off include housekeeping and homework. i am really tired of it ( Read more... )

i haven't posted in a while, and the little post monitor thing says that it has been 23 weeks. while that is a very good number, in that time i really have done stuff ( Read more... )

i am guilty of not posting for a long time and then only posting when i have had too much to drink. well, tonight i haven't had TOO much to drink, but i do feel the slowness in my reflexes, and every third keystroke is the backspace to correct errors ( Read more... )

it must be spring ( Read more... )

yay! i finally got my dishwasher and it is living up to its promise of cleaning my dishes thoroughly and efficiently. i have had it two days, and already i have done several loads of dishes, including the burner tops from my stove, the cat water dish, the iced tea jug, and many other dishes. i have way too many cups/glasses/drinking vessels. i have ( Read more... )

ah, stress ( Read more... )