The ringtone on my iphone that I have set for my alarm is an optimistic ringing of church bells. Kind of sounds like someone might be getting married in a movie from sixty years ago. Kind of obnoxious. When I... Continue Reading →
Tonight I played my first ever adult vball reverse coed game :). It was wicked fun. I was a little nervous and scared going into it...One of the guys on my team is like 6 foot twenty. A huge man.... Continue Reading →
I love going on walks. I like the idea of exercising, and I like how I feel afterwards, but I don't think I'll ever really belong to a gym again. I'd much rather be outside and breathing fresh air and... Continue Reading →
People in marketing and advertising and product placement are geniuses. EVIL geniuses. You know how at places like Bed, Bath, and Beyond there are those bins right by the checkout with all that cool, funky, As Seen on TV type... Continue Reading →
Remember how fun it was to have a birthday when you were younger? Today is my BFF ry's 27th birthday (sorry to out you ry :) ) Out of our close group of friends, because her bday is in January,... Continue Reading →
I am back at school! My second week of my second year of teaching is almost over, I can reach out and touch Labor Day weekend. It's been really good so far. My stress level is way lower this year,... Continue Reading →
Every summer since I was 13 I have gone on a week-long journey that helps me define who I am, or who I want to be; that snaps me into perspective; forces me out of my comfort zone and into... Continue Reading →
I'm 26? really? 26?!@ what the what. i never thought I would be this old. That is true. I mean, when you're growing up, you think about turning 13, 16, 18, 21, and than all the fantasies stop there, because... Continue Reading →
It is a common misconception that teachers working at a private Christian school make good money. But my pay is so low (I'm uncredentialled, first year teaching a foreign language I don't even know...it's not really their fault!) that I... Continue Reading →
1. I can't stop saying the word "sucks." And I'm pretty sure I said "hella" one time without realizing it. 2. Someone farted in the sixth grade class and I demanded to know who it was. (no one owned up)... Continue Reading →
I'm definitely freaked out by this "growing up" thing. Twenty-five and a half?! I can reach forward and touch 30, but I can't reach back and touch...well I don't even want to be 20 again, but its scary to think... Continue Reading →
After writing 146 somewhat clever and personalized progress reports for the junior high children, I had the pleasure (and sometimes pain) of meeting with something like 106 parents in the living nightmare known as "Conferences." To say my brain felt... Continue Reading →
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