Mid-Winter Break
I have the rest of this week off. My kids do not. This means it’s less like a break in some ways, and more like a break in others. The mornings, afternoon...
Category: Work/Teaching
A weird week (after a nice weekend)
This week is a very weird week at school. About half the 7th and 8th grade students are going to Outdoor Education, and the remaining 7th and 8th grade students...
Checking in
Hey all! Still here! Still moving through the motions. Honestly, it hasn’t been a weird week for us. At least not yet. SFUSD is considering a (not officia...
Feeling Human Again
Yesterday way ROUGH. I really struggled to get through it. But I was in bed by 9pm and got around nine hours of sleep and felt SO MUCH BETTER today. Today I fel...
Tuesday Trifles
I find that I have longer, more substantive posts I want to write, but I just don’t have the time to write them. It’s busy this week because the tri...
Getting stuff done – the deep cut edition
This weekend I checked some big items off my to-do list. I successfully fixed two things on the house that we were going to have our handyman tackle: I secured ...
Summer Intensive
This past week I finished a two week summer intensive that was, well, intense. I had to apply for the opportunity and was very excited to participate. Every day...
Professional Mindf*ck
It feels already as though I have too many balls in the air. I read recently of thinking about these balls as glass balls and bouncy balls – knowing which...
Colombia Día 1: We made it!
The first 10 hours of the journey were honestly not that bad. Evidently my kids never get tired of screen time, which really helps on a long flight and layover....
Standing Still
It’s spring, which means teaching positions for the next school year are opening up, and people are announcing they got those positions, and will be leavi...