The saddest part is…
…nobody won last night, least of all the people who voted for Trump. That’s the saddest thing. I haven’t processed my thoughts well enough to ...
Month: November 2016
I can’t look
This election has hurdled me into a tail spin of anxiety. To combat the horrible feelings of doom, I’ve done a lot of sticking my head in the sand. I know...
Falling Back
I remember when the hour we got at the end of Daylight Savings Time felt like a gift. A whole extra hour to do with as I pleased. Now I dread how this day drags...
Cartoon Fall
This morning I slipped on my daughter’s homework folder and came down on my tailbone. Hard. Like, really hard. In the moment it felt like slow motion, lik...
A Positive Outcome
I swear, this will be my last post about my event. So it’s two days out, and I’m feeling really positively about my big even at school. I want to wr...
Abusing the Babysitter
I am working out right now, and my kid is in front of the TV. The AAP just updated their TV recommendations for 2017. The generalized “two hours of screen...
Getting Caught Up
I really just wanted to take a few days to rest after the big event, but there are only two weeks until the end of the trimester and I fell way behind grading a...
It’s Over!
It’s over! And it was, all things considered, a success. The teachers running the activities that I couldn’t be at said thing went well and that is ...
Tomorrow and NaBloPoMo – F*ck Yeah! (x2)
Tomorrow is my all day, all 6th grade, Day of the Dead festival. I have never attempted anything on this scale before: organizing activities for 192 kids over f...