Last Day of School
Well, I did it. I made it to the last day of the school year. At 12:15pm today I will say goodbye to my last class of students, then go to the 8th grade brunch ...
Category: Work/Teaching
The home stretch
Yesterday we threw our daughter a birthday party in the park. Make your own boba and bagels for 16 kids. We had to make pretty much everything for the boba bar ...
How is it only Thursday?!
This morning I put this on my daughter’s Bentgo box. I was so sure it was Friday! The Bentgo box got all the way into her backpack before I realized my mistake....
Bull$#!^ at work
Work today (Wednesday) was pretty infuriating. My principal engaged me in some crazy circular reasoning about why she couldn’t give me access to data right now,...
Last Days of Summer
We head to the airport in one hour. I’m writing this on the hammock, listening to the waves. I still can’t really believe we got to come, and that no one tested...
A hard week
It’s been a hard week. The tragedy in Texas has been exhausting to manage mentally and emotionally. My husband worked for a gun control policy non-profit ...
It seems I need a break (And I’m taking one!)
On Sunday night I had a dream that I tested positive for Covid and I was SO HAPPY. The thought of taking a whole week off of work, with permission to rest, was ...
A crazy end to a crazy week
There was a lot going on this week. I had a lot of carpool duties, my allergy shot, a professional development meeting at the same time as my kids’ dentis...
Sad Sack
I’m in crap mood. This week has not been what I had hoped it would be. I’m tired and I still don’t feel great. I’m having a hard time ge...
Ping Pong Thoughts on a Sunday (to be posted on a Monday)
{Frequently I will write a post in the evening, but since I know it will post the next morning, I change the “todays/yesterdays/tomorrows” to match ...