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...
Category: Work/Teaching
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...
Too Much
I’m sure it can seem sometimes, like I accomplish a lot. And maybe I do. But it definitely comes at a price, and sometimes that price is high. This past w...
Or Maybe Not
I’m not going to LA after all. Looks like my London trip probably won’t happen either. Boo. I’ve had a cold for so long now, I’ve forgot...
This Week
This week is crazy. I have something big after school every day this week. I’m struggling with pick-up on two of the days. Sometimes I really miss my in-l...
9:49am
9:49am. That’s when I woke up this morning. It was glorious. Each set of grandparents had a kid and we got an impromptu date night last night. I ran some ...
At Work
I’m at work today, trying to get caught up on grading. The trimester ends next Friday and I would like to spend a day during the Thanksgiving break gettin...
When rest is out of reach
Monday night my husband came home sick. He went directly to bed, while I made dinner, took out the cans, emptied the trash, recycling and compost into the cans,...
The Bad News (At Work)
I mentioned getting some bad news at work the other day. And I did. Some very surprising, and very shitty, bad news. Turns out, the construction project whose d...