School’s Out For Summer!
Today was my last day of what was probably one of the hardest school years of my professional life. I am so relieved that it’s over. Yesterday was actuall...
Category: Life
Content with less connection
I am changing. It’s subtle, so subtle that sometimes I don’t realize it, but it’s happening all the same. I’m getting older. More mature...
Wait and see
My plans to travel to Nicaragua are imploding spectacularly. I have made so many, many mistakes that the only thing I can be sure of is that this will most cert...
A success!
The carnival was a success! It didn’t rain, and the sun even came out for a bit. After the crazy storm we had on Friday, no rain was a massive win. The vo...
Scattered on a Saturday
It’s Saturday afternoon. My son is (trying) to take his nap. My daughter is playing with her friend (who sneaked in right after I shut my son’s door...
My house is a shithole
It’s interesting how the prospect of renting out my house is making me look at it through new eyes. Sometimes I notice a charming detail here or there, bu...
Showing Up
Today we had a PTA meeting, and like pretty much every PTA meeting, almost no one showed up. But unlike most PTA meetings, even some of my board didn’t co...
Words on the Weekend
This will be a super disjointed post, but I’ll keep out the bullet points, even though really they should probably be there. Thank you all so much for sha...