Month: November 2023

Today was all about helping future me out. I went to work to get some stuff done so that next Monday morning me was not totally overwhelmed (just normal overwhe...

Today was another nice day of break. After two days of gray and rain, the weather today was beautiful. I took my son and his friend (who spent the night) to the...

It can be easy to see a one-week break as an opportunity to do ALL THE THINGS and hard to remember that life still has to happen, even if formal work doesn’t. I...

Five things on a Friday seems to be popular around these part of the blogosphere. I’ve never done one before, but I think I can probably figure it out. 😉 So fiv...

Today was a rough day at work. The kind of day where I sat with the heels of my palms in my eyes for long stretches. So many students making poor choices. So mu...

Sorry for my pity party toddler tantrum last night. After I pressed publish I sat down and graded the fronts of 1.5 classes’ assessments AND finished the backsi...

I’m not in a great head space. This week is going to be a tremendous slog, and I just want it to be over. I fear I will push a bunch of work to the break and th...

The rest of the weekend was quite lovely. I’m still more behind at work that I’d like, but I’m trying to be okay with it. My grades aren’t due until after the T...

It was a year ago this weekend that we brought these two crazy cats into our lives. It has been a roller coaster ride ever since. We adopted them from a feral c...